Lophozozymus erinnyes, a new species of poisonous crab from Australia, with notes on L. Pictor (Fabricius, 1798), L. Incisus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) and L. Edwardsi (Odhner, 1925) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 419-443

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Chia, Diana G B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Australia; New species; Poisonous crab; Taxonomy; Xanthidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031373743     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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