Shell preference of the hermit crab Pagurus exilis (Anomura: Paguridae) from Brazil and Argentina: A comparative study

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Mantelatto, Fernando L ^a   Biagi, Renata ^a   Meireles, Andrea L ^a   Scelzo, Marcelo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Paguridae; Pagurus exilis; Shell occupation; Southwestern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NATICA; OLIVANCILLARIA; PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS;

EID: 41849110376     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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