International Journal of Zoology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 979512, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/979512
Research Article

Comparative Reproduction Aspects of the Deep-water Shrimps Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus (Decapoda, Aristeidae) in the Greek Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

K. Kapiris1 and M. Thessalou-Legaki2

1Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio, Mavro Lithari, P.O. Box 712, 19013 Anavissos Attika, Greece
2Departement of Zoology-Marine Biology, School of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 157 84 Athens, Greece

Received 26 May 2008; Accepted 23 September 2008

Academic Editor: Alan Hodgson

Copyright © 2009 K. Kapiris and M. Thessalou-Legaki. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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