Chimney building by male Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) after pairing: A new hypothesis for chimney function

Zoological Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-251

  Shih, Hsi Te ^a,b   Mok, Hin Kiu ^b   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Fiddler crabs; Mudflats; Taiwan; Underground mating

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 29144494560     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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