Reproductive potential of the hermit crab Calcinus tibicen (Anomura) from Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-275

  Mantelatto, Fernando Luis Medina ^a   Garcia, Renata Biagi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; CALCINUS TIBICEN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; STRAMONITA HAEMASTOMA; TEGULA VIRIDULA; TIBICEN;

EID: 0032902029     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549233     Document Type: Article

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