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New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research Volume 15, 1981 - Issue 2
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Relative growth in the New Zealand mud crab Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Brachyura: Ocypodidae)

M. J. Simons Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1, New Zealand
Pages 193-200 | Received 29 Oct 1980, Published online: 22 Sep 2010

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