Morphological and molecular evidence for a new endemic freshwater crab, Sesarma ayatum sp. n., (Grapsidae, Sesarminae) from eastern Jamaica

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-380

  Schubart, Christoph D ^a,b   Reimer, Jens ^a   Diesel, Rudolf ^a,c  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CRAB; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; JAMAICA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SESARMA AYATUM; SESARMA BIDENTATUM;

EID: 0031758882     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00468.x     Document Type: Article

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