Juvenile development and growth patterns in the mud crab Eurytium limosum (Say, 1818) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) under laboratory conditions

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2145-2161

  Guimarães, Fernanda Jordão ^a   Negreiros Fransozo, Maria Lucia ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decapoda; Eurytium limosum; Juvenile development; Morphology; Relative growth; Xanthidae

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH; JUVENILE; MANGROVE;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYTIUM LIMOSUM; GASTROPODA; SCYLLA SERRATA; XANTHIDAE;

EID: 18844381375     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500061254     Document Type: Article

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