Host-related Morphological Variation of Dwellings Inhabited by the Crab Domecia acanthophora in the Corals Acropora palmata and Millepora complanata (Southern Caribbean)
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Hoeksema, B.W.; García-Hernández, J.E. Host-related Morphological Variation of Dwellings Inhabited by the Crab Domecia acanthophora in the Corals Acropora palmata and Millepora complanata (Southern Caribbean). Diversity 2020, 12, 143. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040143
Hoeksema BW, García-Hernández JE. Host-related Morphological Variation of Dwellings Inhabited by the Crab Domecia acanthophora in the Corals Acropora palmata and Millepora complanata (Southern Caribbean). Diversity. 2020; 12(4):143. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040143
Chicago/Turabian StyleHoeksema, Bert W., and Jaaziel E. García-Hernández. 2020. "Host-related Morphological Variation of Dwellings Inhabited by the Crab Domecia acanthophora in the Corals Acropora palmata and Millepora complanata (Southern Caribbean)" Diversity 12, no. 4: 143. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040143