Intersex females in the red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 25-31

  Vazquez, Fernanda J ^a   López Greco, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cherax quadricarinatus; Gonad morphology; Intersex females; Intersexuality; Sexual characters

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 47749117960     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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