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Early larval stages of the Indo-Pacific coral gall-forming crab Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Hapalocarcinidae) cultured in the laboratory

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Title: Early larval stages of the Indo-Pacific coral gall-forming crab Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Hapalocarcinidae) cultured in the laboratory.
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Name(s): Gore, R. H., creator
Scotto, L. E., creator
Reed, John K., creator
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Publisher: Brill
Extent: 11 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3336701 (digitool), FADT3336701 (IID), fau:6295 (fedora), 10.1163/156854083x00767 (doi)
Note(s): Hapalocarcinus marsupialis, the type-species in the family Hapalocarcinidae, is one of at least 27 species in 8 genera of these remarkable little crabs that settle on living scleractinian corals and e ventually become partially or completely imprisoned in the resultant gall produced by the host coral.
This manuscript is a preprint version with the final publication available at http://www.brill.nl/crustaceana and may be cited as: Gore, R. H., Scotto, L. E., & Reed, J. K. (1983). Early larval stages of the Indo-Pacific coral gall-forming crab Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Hapalocarcinidae) cultured in the laboratory. Crustaceana, 44(2), 141-150.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #290.
Subject(s): Hapalocarcinus
Brachyura
Hapalocarcinidae
Crabs--Larvae
Scleractinian corals
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3336701
Links: https://doi.org/10.1163/156854083x00767 
Restrictions on Access: ©1983 Brill
Host Institution: FAU