A new rare case of parental care in decapods

Crustaceana

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1401-1405

  Cuesta, José A ^a   Palacios Theil, Emma ^a   Drake, Pilar ^a   Rodríguez, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; NEW SPECIES; PARENTAL CARE;

EID: 33846345774     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854006779277277     Document Type: Article

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