Feeding and decoration preferences of the epialtidae crab Acanthonyx scutiformis

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-143

  Vasconcelos, Marcelo Augusto ^a   Mendes, Thiago Costa ^a   Fortes, Wagner Luiz Soares ^a   Pereira, Renato Crespo ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acanthonix scutiformis; Decoration preference; Feeding preference

Indexed keywords

ACANTHONYX; ALGAE; CRYPTODROMIOPSIS ANTILLENSIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DICTYOTA MENSTRUALIS; EPIALTIDAE; OSMUNDARIA OBTUSILOBA; PLOCAMIUM; PLOCAMIUM BRASILIENSE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM SP.;

EID: 68849100584     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592009000200006     Document Type: Article

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