Growth and reproduction of the red frog crab, Ranina ranina (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Andaman Sea off Thailand

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-28

  Krajangdara, Tassapon ^a   Watanabe, Seiichi ^b  

^a Andaman Sea Fish Development Center   (Thailand)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andaman sea; Growth; Ranina ranina; Red frog crab; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RANINA RANINA; RANINIDAE;

EID: 14744287176     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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