Morphology and function of the copulatory system in freshwater crabs of the genus Potamon

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-166

  Brandis, Dirk ^a,b   Storch, Volker ^b   Türkay, Michael ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Copulatory system; Crustacea; Gonopods; Morphology; Potamon

Indexed keywords

POTAMON;

EID: 0033061813     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199902)239:2<157::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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