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Ecomorphological Adaptations of Second Maxilliped-setation: Insights from Three Species of Fiddler Crabs from Panama
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- 1. Ecology Lab, Natural Sciences & Science Education, NIE, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616, Republic of Singapore. *Correspondence: E-mail: shirley.lim@nie.edu.sg; shirley.limsl@ntu.edu.sg (Lim).
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Lim, Shirley S.L., Goh, Sarah J.A. (2021): Ecomorphological Adaptations of Second Maxilliped-setation: Insights from Three Species of Fiddler Crabs from Panama. Zoological Studies 60 (48): 1-10, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-48, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8055897
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