Population structure and reproductive period of the tropical hermit crab Calcinus tibicen (Decapoda: Diogenidae) in the region of Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 738-745

  Fransozo, Adilson ^a   Mantelatto, Fernando Luis Medina ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALCINUS TIBICEN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE; TIBICEN;

EID: 0345487019     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549150     Document Type: Article

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