Fiddler crab claw shape variation: A geometric morphometric analysis across the genus Uca (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-162

  Rosenberg, Michael S ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CRAB; MORPHOMETRY;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 0036485485     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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