Comparative study of shell choice by the southern endemic hermit crab Loxopagurus loxochelis from Brazil and Argentina

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-487

  Biagi, Renata ^a   Meireles, Andrea L ^a   Scelzo, Marcelo A ^b   Mantelatto, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anomura; Loxopagurus loxochelis; Shell preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOMURA; CARNIVORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOXOPAGURUS LOXOCHELIS; OLIVANCILLARIA;

EID: 33947505514     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2006000400007     Document Type: Article

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