Morphological traits determine the winner of "symmetric" fights in hermit crabs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-159

  Tricarico, Elena ^a   Benvenuto, Chiara ^a   Buccianti, Antonella ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hermit crabs; Morphological traits; Pagurus longicarpus; Shells; Symmetric pairs

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

DACTYLUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURUS LONGICARPUS;

EID: 37549068892     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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