The effects of shell size and coil orientation on reproduction in female hermit crabs, Clibanarius vittatus

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-99

  Hazlett, Brian A ^a   Rittschof, Dan ^b   Bach, Catherine E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clibanarius vittatus; Hermit crab; Reproduction; Shell coil orientation; Shell volume; Shell weight

Indexed keywords

CRAB; REPRODUCTION; SHELL; SIZE;

BEAUFORT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BUSYCON; BUSYCON CARICA; BUSYCON SINISTRUM; CARICA PAPAYA; CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 26044469819     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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