Grooming behaviors and gill fouling in the commercially important blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and stone crab (Menippe mercenaria)
Abstract Grooming behaviors reduce fouling of body regions. In decapods, grooming time budgets, body regions groomed, and grooming appendages are known in several species; however, little data exists on brachyuran crabs. In this study, grooming behaviors of two commercially important crabs were docu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Nauplius |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972017000100222&lng=en&tlng=en |