Sympatry in grapsoid crabs (genera Planes and Plagusia) from olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea), with descriptions of crab diets and masticatory structures

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1699-1708

  Frick, Michael G ^a   Kopitsky, Kerry ^b   Bolten, Alan B ^c   Bjorndal, Karen A ^c   Martins, Helen R ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DIET; EPIBIONT; MORPHOLOGY; NEUSTON; NEW RECORD; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; STOMACH CONTENT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUBSTRATE; SYMPATRY; TOOTH; TURTLE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSOIDEA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; PLAGUSIA; PLAGUSIA SQUAMOSA; PLANES CYANEUS; PLANES MINUTUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960595380     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1684-9     Document Type: Article

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