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Research Article

Relative growth and morphological sexual maturity of the crab Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785) (Decapoda: Aethridae) in southeast Brazil

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Pages 1-12 | Received 16 Aug 2022, Accepted 26 Oct 2022, Published online: 11 Nov 2022

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