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Original Articles

Reproductive behaviour of three species of freshwater crabs of the family Trichodactylidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) including forced copulation by males

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Pages 77-88 | Received 03 Dec 2014, Accepted 11 Feb 2015, Published online: 17 Mar 2015

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