Physiologic sexual maturity of the fiddler crab Uca rapax (Smith, 1870) (crustacea, ocypodidae) from two mangroves in Ubatuba, Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-248

  Castiglioni, Daniela Da Silva ^a   Negreiros Fransozo, Maria Lucia ^a,b  

^a Group of Studies on Crustacean Biology

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mangroves; Maturity; Ocypodidae; Uca rapax

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; UCA RAPAX;

EID: 33746638052     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132006000300009     Document Type: Article

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