Shell architecture and its relation to shell occupation by the hermit crab <em>Clibanarius antillensis</em> under different wave action conditions
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientia Marina
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1886-8134,0214-8358
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n4717