Observations on the sexual system and the natural history of the semi-terrestrial shrimp Merguia rhizophorae (Rathbun, 1900)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-276

  Baeza, J Antonio ^a,b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

Author keywords

Caridea; Protandry; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CARIDEA; CARIDEAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 77956524020     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2010.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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