Morphometry and sexual maturity in the spider crab Maja squinado (Decapoda: Majidae) in Galicia, Spain

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 578-592

  Sampedro, M P ^a   Gonzalez Gurriaran E ^a   Freire, J ^a   Muino R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJA SQUINADO;

EID: 0033179365     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549263     Document Type: Article

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