Hardening of red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus (tilesius, 1815) shells after molting

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-160

  Stevens, Bradley G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomura; Molting; Parahthodes camtschaticus; Red king crab; Shell hardness

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; PARALITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS;

EID: 66549105859     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/08-3039R.1     Document Type: Article

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