Does the handedness of the pebble crab Eriphia smithii influence its attack success on two dextral snail species?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-265

  Shigemiya, Yusuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breaking method; Crab; Dextral snail; Eriphia smithii; Handedness advantage; Lateral asymmetry; Shell morphology

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HANDEDNESS; MORPHOLOGY; SNAIL;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIPHIA; GASTROPODA; NERITA; NERITA ALBICILLA; NERITIDAE; PLANAXIDAE; PLANAXIS; PLANAXIS SULCATUS; XANTHIDAE;

EID: 0038147974     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690300373X     Document Type: Article

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