Maturity and reproduction of goneplacid crab Carcinoplax vestita (Decapoda, Brachyura) in Tokyo Bay

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-340

  Doi, Wataru ^a   Lwin, Than Than ^a   Yokota, Masashi ^a   Strüssmann, Carlos Augusto ^a   Watanabe, Seiichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Carcinoplax vestita; Goneplacidae; Puberty molt; Relative growth; Reproduction; Sexual maturity; Tokyo Bay

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CARCINOPLAX; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GONEPLACIDAE;

EID: 34147166680     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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