The intraspecific fighting behavior of the Hawaiian boxer crab, Lybia edmondsoni - Fighting with dangerous weapons?

Symbiosis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-302

  Karplus, I ^a   Fiedler, G C ^b   Ramcharan, P ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Southampton College   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab anemone association; Fighting behavior; Lybia edmondsoni; Tool use; Triactis producta

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; BOXER CRAB; FIGHTING BEHAVIOUR; SEA ANEMONE; WEAPON;

ACTINIARIA; DECAPODA; LYBIA EDMONDSONI; TRIACTIS PRODUCTA;

EID: 0031804161     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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