Semidome building as sexual signaling in the fiddler crab Uca lactea (Brachyura: Ocypodidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 673-679

  Tae, Won Kim ^a   Christy, John H ^b   Choe, Jae C ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA; UCA LACTEA;

EID: 9944239348     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/c-2471     Document Type: Article

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