Singing and dancing in the ghost crab Ocypode platytarsus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ocypodidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 141-155

  Clayton, David ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Auditory; Construction; Display; Ghost crab; Ocypode platytarsus; Ocypodidae; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; CRAB; LOCOMOTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; VIBRATION;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODE; OCYPODIDAE; OCYPODINAE;

EID: 41649100089     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701840530     Document Type: Article

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