A case of bilateral hypertrophy in the chelae of a male specimen of Minuca rapax (Smith, 1870) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)
Abstract The present study describes the first record of bilaterally hypertrophied chelipeds in a male fiddler crab, Minuca rapax (Smith, 1870), collected in the mangrove area near the city of Jaguaribe, located in the northern portion of Itamaracá Island in Pernambuco, Brazil. This particular speci...
Main Authors: | Lucas N. da Silva, Renata A. Shinozaki-Mendes |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
2018-12-01
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Series: | Nauplius |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972018000100806&lng=en&tlng=en |
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