Gill morphology of the intertidal estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulatus Dana, 1851 (Decapoda, Grapsidae) in relation to habitat and respiratory habits

Crustaceana

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-67

  Luquet, Carlos M ^a   Rosa, Gabriel A ^a   Ferrari, Carina C ^a   Genovese, Griselda ^a   Pellerano, Gladys N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; RESPIRATION;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE;

EID: 0034080116     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854000504110     Document Type: Article

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