Life cycle characteristics of the deep-burrowing mud shrimp Upogebia major (Thalassinidea: Upogebiidae) on a tidal flat along the northern coast of Tokyo Bay

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 318-327

  Kinoshita, Kyoko ^a   Nakayama, Satoko ^a   Furota, Toshio ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THALASSINIDEA; UPOGEBIA; UPOGEBIA MAJOR; UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 0038241895     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/20021975-99990342     Document Type: Article

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