Antipredator defence mechanism in the amphidromous shrimpXiphocaris elongata(Decapoda: Xiphocarididae): rostrum length
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Natural History
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0022-2933,1464-5262
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1005716