Embryo development and reproductive cycle in the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio (Crustacea: Majidae), in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2040-2048

  Moriyasu, Mikio ^a   Lanteigne, Carole ^b  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Shippagan Marine Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA;

EID: 0032461247     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-147     Document Type: Article

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