Biochemical and morphological evidence for a new species of river crab potamonautes parvispina sp. Nov. (Brachyura, Potamonautidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 737-753

  Stewart, Barbara A ^a  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMONAUTES PARVISPINA; POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 0030867829     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854097X00168     Document Type: Article

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