Use of pleopod morphology to determine sexual dimorphism and maturity in hermit crabs: Isocheles sawayai as a model

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-175

  Fantucci, Marina Zilio ^a   Biagi, Renata ^a   Mantelatto, Fernando Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anomura; Diogenidae; Relative growth

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; CRAB; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL MATURITY;

BRAZIL; CARAGUATATUBA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIOGENIDAE; ISOCHELES;

EID: 67349193711     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0144-0     Document Type: Article

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