Male and female carapace shape differences in liocarcinus depurator (decapoda, brachyura): An application of geometric morphometric analysis to crustaceans

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-83

  Rufino, Marta ^a   Abelló, Pere ^a   Yule, Andrew B ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geometric morphometrics; Liocarcinus depurator; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; MORPHOMETRY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 1942499004     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356554     Document Type: Article

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