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The Biological Significance of the Pair‐bond in the Shrimp Hymenocera picta
Author(s) -
Seibt Uta,
Wickler Wolfgang
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1979.tb01024.x
Subject(s) - shrimp , zoology , biology , fishery , ecology , geography
The painted shrimp exhibits a social system of “relative monogamy”. The selective consequences of mate attachment for the individuals have been studied by long term observations and experiments.