Observation on the mating behaviour of the helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus (Brachyura: Cheiragonidae)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1007-1013

  Kamio, Michiya ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Fusetani, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; CRAB; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEED PRODUCTION;

BRACHYURA; CHEIRAGONIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIMACRUS ISENBECKII; TELMESSUS CHEIRAGONUS;

EID: 0242307874     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540300821Xh     Document Type: Article

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