Excavation, habitation and transportation of massive corals by the crab Actumnus setifer (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pilumnidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 54, Issue , 2008, Pages 261-271

  Johnson, Peter R ^a   Davie, Peter J F ^b   Neil, David T ^c   Fellegara, Ida ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b University of Queensl   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actumnus; Behaviour; Coral reef; Mutualism; Symbiosis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PILUMNIDAE;

EID: 84909962165     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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