Incidence patterns of limb autotomy in the estuarine crab, Hemigrapsus crenulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura, Grapsoidea) from a temperate estuary in the eastern south Pacific

Crustaceana

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 925-932

  Riquelme Bugueño, Ramiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIMB; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHILE; GULF OF ARAUCO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTH AMERICA;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSOIDEA; HEMIGRAPSUS CRENULATUS;

EID: 33845503460     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854006778815973     Document Type: Article

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