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Competitive fighting for shells in the hermit crab, Clibanarius vittatus

✍ Scribed by K. A. Mitchell

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1976
Tongue: English
Weight: 382 KB
Volume: 2
Category: Article
ISSN: 0096-140X
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2337(1976)2:1<31::aid-ab2480020105>3.0.co;2-4

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