Ghost shrimps of the genus Lepidophthalmus from the Caribbean region, with description of L. richardi, new species, from Belize (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Callianassidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 309-331

  Felder, Darryl L ^a   Manning, Raymond B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LEPIDOPHTHALMUS; LEPIDOPHTHALMUS JAMAICENSE; THALASSINIDEA;

EID: 0030911691     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549281     Document Type: Article

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