Growth of the hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc, 1802) (crustacea, anomura, diogenidae) at São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 547-550

  Sant'Anna, Bruno Sampaio ^a,b   Christofoletti, Ronaldo Adriano ^a   Zangrande, Cilene Mariane ^a   Reigada, Alvaro Luis Diogo ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE METROPOLITANA DE SANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anomura; Clibanarius; Crustacea; Growth; Hermit crab

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; CLIBANARIUS; CLIBANARIUS VITTATUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE;

EID: 53649092004     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132008000300014     Document Type: Article

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