Comparative analysis of the mating strategies in grapsid crabs with special references to the intertidal crabs Cyclograpsus lavauxi and Helice crassa (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from New Zealand

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 507-520

  Brockerhoff, A M ^a   McLay, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGRAPSUS LAVAUXI; GRAPSIDAE; HELICE CRASSA; HEMIGRAPSUS CRENULATUS;

EID: 24144492760     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2548     Document Type: Article

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