Inter- and intra-specific variation in the facial colours of Perisesarma eumolpe and Perisesarma indiarum (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 361-371

  Huang, H ^a   Todd, P A ^a   Yeo, D C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adobe Photoshop; Colouration; Digital photography; Mangrove crabs; Perisesarma; Sesarmidae

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY;

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP; COLORATION; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS; MANGROVE CRABS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COLOR; CRUSTACEAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PERISESARMA; PERISESARMA EUMOLPE; SCYLLA; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 37549039015     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9169-z     Document Type: Article

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