Morphological and genetic differentiation between populations of river crabs (Decapoda: Potamonautidae) from the Western cape, South Africa, with a taxonomic re-examination of Gecarcinautes brincki

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-21

  Stewart, Barbara A ^a  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Discriminant analysis; Gene flow; Genetics; Morphology; Potamonautes perlatus; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINAUTES; POTAMONAUTES BRINCKI; POTAMONAUTES PERLATUS; POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 0031288030     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00133.x     Document Type: Article

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