Spatial and seasonal distribution of the hermit crab Pagurus exilis (Benedict, 1892) (Decapoda: Paguridae) in the southwestern coast of Brazil

Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-95

  Meireles, Andrea L ^a   Terossi, Mariana ^a   Biagi, Renata ^a   Mantelatto, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance; Anomura; Crustacea; Environmental factors; Population

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANOMURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS;

EID: 34047131837     PISSN: 07173326     EISSN: 07181957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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