Morphology of the larval and first juvenile stages of two Jamaican endemic crab species with abbreviated development, Sesarma windsor and Metopaulias depressus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-121

  González Gordillo, J Ignacio ^a   Anger, Klaus ^b   Schubart, Christoph D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bromeliads; Fresh water; Larval development; Mangroves; Thoracotremata

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); METOPAULIAS DEPRESSUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SESARMA CURACAOENSE; SESARMA WINDSOR; SESARMIDAE; THORACOTREMATA;

EID: 73649096243     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/08-3110.1     Document Type: Article

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