The early life history of sesarma fossarum, an endemic freshwater crab from jamaica

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-72

  Anger, Klaus ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Bioenergetics; Brachyura; CHN; Crustacea; Decapoda; Larval development; Lecithotrophy; Limnic; Sesarmidae

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SESARMA FOSSARUM; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 23944485924     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2005.9652147     Document Type: Article

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