Abbreviated development of Armases miersii (Grapsidae: Sesarminae), a crab that breeds in supralittoral rock pools

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-41

  Cuesta, José A ^a   Schuh, Martina ^b   Diesel, Rudolf ^b,c   Schubart, Christoph D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMASES MIERSII;

EID: 0033082557     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549543     Document Type: Article

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