Juvenile sphaeroma quadridentatum invading female-offspring groups of sphaeroma terebrans

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 737-745

  Thiel, Martin ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrow Invasion; Extended Parental Care; Isopoda; Peracarida; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; INQUILINISM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

FLORIDA; INDIAN RIVER LAGOON; UNITED STATES;

CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PERACARIDA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; SPHAEROMA QUADRIDENTATUM; SPHAEROMA TEREBRANS;

EID: 0034105774     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002229300299381     Document Type: Article

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