Limb autotomy, epibiosis on embryos, and brooding care in the crab Cyrtograpsus angulatus (Brachyura: Varunidae)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1015-1022

  Silva, Paola ^a   Luppi, Tomás A ^a   Spivak, Eduardo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; COASTAL LAGOON; CRAB; EMBRYO; EPIBIOSIS; PARENTAL CARE;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CHELA; CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; CYRTOGRAPSUS ANGULATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 0242339445     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008221h     Document Type: Article

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