Intersexuality in hermit crabs: Reproductive role and fate of gonopores in intersex individuals

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 757-759

  Turra, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Lab de Biologia Aquatica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; INTERSEX; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CLIBANARIUS ANTILLENSIS; CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544363137     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009877h     Document Type: Article

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