Patterns of shell utilization in Petrochirus diogenes (Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae) in the Ubatuba region, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 468-473

  Bertini, Giovana ^a   Fransozo, Adilson ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENES; DIOGENIDAE; GALEA; GASTROPODA; PETROCHIRUS DIOGENES; STROMBUS PUGILIS; TONNA GALEA;

EID: 0034255493     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/0278-0372(2000)020[0468:posuip]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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