Scorpions

Invertebrate Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 169-177

  Frye, Fredric L ^a  

^a La Primavera Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiscorpion; Nongranulocytes; Operculum; Phylogenetic scale; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250208009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344606.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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