Comparison of three quick methods to estimate crab size in the land crabs Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825 and Ucides cordatus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae and Ucididae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 139-149

  Carmona Suárez, Carlos Alberto ^a   Guerra Castro, Edlin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cardisoma guanhumi; Indirect body size measuring methods; Internal spring caliper measurement; Photographic measurement; Ucides cordatus; Vernier measurement

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CARDISOMA GUANHUMI; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 84866629625     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v60i0.19854     Document Type: Article

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