Comparisons in prosomal width and body weight among early instar stages of Malaysian horseshoe crabs, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus gigas in the laboratory

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 267-274

  Zadeh, Sh Shakiba ^a   Christianus, A ^a   Saad, C R ^a   Hajeb, P ^a   Kamarudin, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 74349084886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_16     Document Type: Chapter

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