Structure, formation, mechanical properties, and disposal of the embryo attachment system of an estuarine crab, Sesarma haematocheir

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 289-306

  Saigusa, M ^a   Terajima, M ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CHIROMANTES HAEMATOCHEIR; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; SESARMA; SESARMA HAEMATOCHEIR; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 0036960630     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543572     Document Type: Article

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