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Functional morphology of giant mole crab larvae: a possible case of defensive enrollment

BACKGROUND: Mole crabs (Hippidae) are morphologically distinct animals within Meiura, the “short-tailed” crustaceans. More precisely, Hippidae is an ingroup of Anomala, the group which includes squat lobsters, hermit crabs, and numerous “false” crabs. Within Meiura, Anomala is the sister group to Br...

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Autores principales: Rudolf, Nicole R., Haug, Carolin, Haug, Joachim T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5000411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27570630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-016-0052-5