Potamonautes granularis sp. Nov. (Brachyura, Potamonautidae), a new cryptic species of river crab from the Olifants River system, South Africa

Crustaceana

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 885-903

  Daniels, Savel R ^a   Stewart, Barbara A ^b   Gibbons, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

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EID: 0031676781     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854098X00905     Document Type: Article

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