Annual cycle of testicular maturation in the helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1200-1208

  Nagao, Jiro ^a   Munehara, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helmet crab; Mating season; Reproductive cycle; Telmessus cheiragonus; Testicular maturation

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPAGRUS; ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; TELMESSUS CHEIRAGONUS;

EID: 0345803784     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0919-9268.2003.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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