First zoeal stages of Geograpsus lividus and Goniopsis pulchra from Panama confirm consistent larval characters for the subfamily Grapsinae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsidae)

Ophelia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-176

  Cuesta, José A ^a   Schubart, Christoph D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; PANAMA; SIZE; TAXONOMY;

GEOGRAPSUS LIVIDUS; GONIOPSIS CRUENTATA; GONIOPSIS PULCHRA;

EID: 0033399380     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1999.10409406     Document Type: Article

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