Functional morphology of the mouthparts and alimentary tract of the slipper lobster Thenus orientalis (Decapoda: Scyllaridae)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-223

  Johnston, Danielle J ^a,b   Alexander, Christopher G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; SCYLLARIDAE; THENUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0032929890     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98089     Document Type: Article

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