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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Looking for ‘identity signatures’ in the American lobster (Homarus americanus): Interindividual variation in body colour and in facial and chelar morphology

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Pages 35-41 | Received 19 Aug 2011, Accepted 31 Jan 2012, Published online: 25 Oct 2012

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