Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of two closely related species of ghost crabs, Ocypode sinensis and O. Cordimanus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 942-954

  Huang, J F ^a   Yang, S L ^b   Ng, P K L ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Beijing Natural History Museum   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRUSTACEAN; TAXONOMY;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

DECAPODA; OCYPODE CORDIMANUS; OCYPODE SINENSIS;

EID: 0031649528     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854098X00941     Document Type: Article

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