The effect of sex, size and habitat on the incidence of puncture wounds in the claws of the porcelain crab Petrolisthes cinctipes (Anomura: Porcellanidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-64

  Rypien, Krystal L ^a,b   Palmer, A Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PETROLISTHES CINCTIPES; PORCELLANIDAE;

EID: 33847254371     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2728.1     Document Type: Article

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