Rearing method for Caprella mutica (Malacostraca: Amphipoda) in an exhibition tank in the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium, with notes on reproductive biology

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Nakajima, Kiyonori ^a   Takeuchi, Ichiro ^b  

^a Minato ku   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caprella; Public exhibition; Rearing methods; Reproductive characters; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ANTHOZOA; ARTEMIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CAPRELLA; CAPRELLA MUTICA; MALACOSTRACA; PHAEODACTYLUM;

EID: 39149094649     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/06-2811R.1     Document Type: Article

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