Complete larval and early juvenile development of the mangrove crab Perisesarma fasciatum (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Singapore, with a larval comparison of Parasesarma and Perisesarma

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1389-1408

  Guerao, Guillermo ^a,c   Anger, Klaus ^b   Nettelmann, U W E ^b   Schubart, Christoph D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; JUVENILE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MANGROVE; MORPHOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PARASESARMA; PERISESARMA; SCYLLA; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 11844255459     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh127     Document Type: Article

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