The locomotor toolbox of the spanner crab, Ranina ranina (Brachyura, Raninidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-155

  Faulkes, Zen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; LOCOMOTION; SYNCHRONY; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HIPPIDAE; RANINA RANINA; RANINIDAE;

EID: 33748930775     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854006776952874     Document Type: Article

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