Determination of moult stage in the South African West Coast rock lobster Jasus lalandii (H. Milne Edwards) (Crustacea: Decapoda)

South African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn , Issue 22, 2000, Pages 177-183

  Isaacs, G ^a   Cockcroft, A C ^b   Gibbons, M J ^a   De Villiers, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOBSTER; MOLT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APOLYSIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; JASUS LALANDII;

EID: 0034445509     PISSN: 02577615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/025776100784125799     Document Type: Article

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