The brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Eumedonidae and Portunidae) symbiotic with echinoderms in Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 268-274

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Jeng, Ming Shiou ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Echinoderm symbionts; Eumedonidae; Portunidae; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; CRINOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; EUMEDONIDAE; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 0033164335     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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