Larval morphology of the sesarmid crab, Aratus pisonii (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsoidea) from laboratory-reared material

Crustaceana

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-196

  Cuesta, José A ^a   García Guerrero, Marcelo U ^b,c   Rodríguez, Antonio ^a   Hendrickx, Michel E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; MAZATLAN BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SINALOA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARATUS PISONII; ARMASES ABELE; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSOIDEA; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 33748926065     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854006776952838     Document Type: Article

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