The occurrence of juveniles of the grapsid crab Chasmagnathus granulata in siphon holes of the stout razor clam Tagelus plebeius

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 925-929

  Gutiérrez, Jorge L ^a   Iribarne, Oscar O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chasmagnathus granulata; Habitat structure; Settlement; Siphon holes; Tagelus plebeius

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; INQUILINISM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

BIVALVIA; CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA; TAGELUS PLEBEIUS;

EID: 0344958715     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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