Semilunar courtship rhythm of the fiddler crab Uca lactea in a habitat with great tidal variation

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Kim, Tae Won ^a   Kim, Kil Won ^a   Srygley, Robert B ^a   Choe, Jae C ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiddler crab; Semilunar rhythm; Synchronous courtship; Uca lactea; Waving

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA LACTEA;

EID: 1342269476     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-003-0100-4     Document Type: Article

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