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Original Articles

Larval development and emigration behaviour during sea-to-land transition of the land hermit crab Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) under laboratory conditions

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Pages 1061-1084 | Received 11 May 2013, Accepted 30 Oct 2013, Published online: 27 Feb 2014

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