Moult-related fluctuation in ecdysteroid titre and spermatogenesis in the crab, Metopograpsus messor (Brachyura: Decapoda)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 314-321

  Suganthi, Arundhathi Shyla ^a   Anilkumar, Gopinathan ^a  

^a Sree Narayana College   (India)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Epipodite; Growth; Reproduction; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MESSOR; METOPOGRAPSUS; METOPOGRAPSUS MESSOR;

EID: 0033164179     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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