Morphometry, sexual maturity, fecundity and epibiosis of the South American spider crab Libidoclaea granaria (Brachyura: Majoidea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 857-863

  Schejter, Laura ^a   Spivak, Eduardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; EPIBIOSIS; FECUNDITY; MORPHOMETRY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABERRANTIDAE; ARANEAE; BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; LEPADOMORPHA; MAJIDAE; MAJOIDEA; ORNATOSCALPELLUM; ORNATOSCALPELLUM GIBBERUM; PECTINIDAE; SERPULIDAE; ZYGOCHLAMYS PATAGONICA;

EID: 22944432166     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011811     Document Type: Article

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