Carrying behavior in the deep-sea crab Paromola cuvieri (Northeast Atlantic)

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-46

  Braga Henriques, Andreia ^a   Carreiro Silva, Marina ^a   Tempera, Fernando ^a   Porteiro, Filipe Mora ^a   Jakobsen, Kirsten ^b   Jakobsen, Joachim ^b   Albuquerque, Mónica ^c   Santos, Ricardo Serrão ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Rebikoff Niggeler Foundation   (Portugal)

^c Portuguese Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC)   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anti predator defense; Azores; Camouflage; Habitat; Homolidae; Video

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ARCHIPELAGO; COLD WATER; CORAL; CRAB; DEEP SEA; HABITAT CONSERVATION; IMAGERY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALATABILITY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SESSILE SPECIES; SIZE; SPONGE; SUBMERSIBLE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); AZORES; PORTUGAL;

ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOMOLIDAE; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; PAROMOLA CUVIERI; PELMATOZOA; PORIFERA;

EID: 84856576878     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-011-0090-3     Document Type: Article

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