Reproductive biology of mediterranean hermit crabs: Male reproductive apparatus of Clibanarius erythropus (Decapoda Anomura)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 404-410

  Tirelli, Tina ^a   Campantico, Ezio ^a   Pessani, Daniela ^a   Tudge, Christopher ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; CLIBANARIUS ERYTHROPUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGUROIDEA;

EID: 34547748298     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2780.1     Document Type: Article

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