The occurrence of the Japanese mitten crab, Eriocheir Japonica (De Haan), on the west coat of North America

California Fish and Game

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 94-99

  Jensen, Gregory C ^a   Armstrong, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; MORPHOLOGY; RANGE EXPANSION; TAXONOMY;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR; ERIOCHEIR JAPONICA; JAPONICA; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 2142813801     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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