Relative growth of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ocypodidae) at Iguape, São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 813-823

  Pinheiro, Marcelo Antonio Amaro ^a   Hattori, Gustavo Yomar ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Ocypodidae; Relative growth; Ucides

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; SCYLLA; UCIDES; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 33845695075     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132006000600016     Document Type: Article

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