A comparative study of some mouthpart adaptations of Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) and U. vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura, Ocypodidae) in relation to their habitats

Crustaceana

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1245-1251

  Lim, Shirley S L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRAB; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE;

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

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA ANNULIPES; UCA VOCANS;

EID: 15944422205     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568540043166128     Document Type: Article

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