Relative growth and sexual maturity of the hermit crab Paguristes erythrops (Anomura, Diogenidae) from South Atlantic

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 559, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 247-254

  Biagi, R ^a   Mantelatto, F L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Growth; Hermit crab; Shell influence

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY;

CRUSTACEA; GROWTH; HERMIT CRAB; SHELL INFLUENCE;

BIODIVERSITY;

CRAB; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOMETRY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHELL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANOMURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE; PAGURISTES ERYTHROPS;

EID: 32144459841     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-9115-x     Document Type: Article

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