Population structure and reproduction of the hermit crab Dardanus deformis (Anomura: Diogenidae) in the Indian Ocean

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 883-887

  Litulo, Carlos ^a  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MAPUTO; MAPUTO BAY; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANOMURA; DARDANUS; DARDANUS DEFORMIS; DIOGENIDAE;

EID: 22944452411     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011847     Document Type: Article

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