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Breeding season of the hermit crab Dardanus deformis H. Milne Edwards, 1836 (Anomura, Diogenidae) in Maputo Bay, southern Mozambique

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Litulo, Carlos (2005): Breeding season of the hermit crab Dardanus deformis H. Milne Edwards, 1836 (Anomura, Diogenidae) in Maputo Bay, southern Mozambique. Journal of Natural History 39 (23): 2137-2144, DOI: 10.1080/00222930500081948, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930500081948

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