Microhabitat use by the soldier crab Mictyris brevidactylus (Brachyura: Mictyridae): Interchangeability of surface and subsurface feeding through burrow structure alteration

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-339

  Takeda, Satoshi ^a   Murai, Minoru ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MICTYRIDAE; MICTYRIS BREVIDACTYLUS;

EID: 2942597573     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2436     Document Type: Article

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