A mass recruitment event in the land crab Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Gecarcinidae), and a description of the megalop

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-164

  Hartnoll, Richard G ^a   Clark, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Providencia; Western Caribbean

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; GECARCINUS RURICOLA; GRAPSOIDEA; MEGALOPS; PROVIDENCIA;

EID: 33644892486     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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