Shell utilization by the hermit crab Clibanarius antillensis Stimpson 1862 (Crustacea Anomura) in intertidal rocky pools at Montepio, Veracruz, Mexico

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-73

  Arguelles Tico A ^a   Alvarez F ^a   Alcaraz, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clibanarius antillensis; Hermit crab; Modulus; Odostomia; Olmstead Tukey; Shell

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; CLIBANARIUS ANTILLENSIS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; MODULUS MODULUS; ODOSTOMIA;

EID: 77958531701     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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