Mating behavior of Uca lactea perplexa (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-77

  Nakasone, Yukio ^a   Murai, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UCA LACTEA;

EID: 0031951393     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549522     Document Type: Article

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