Genetic and morphometric variation in the potamonautid river crab potamonautes parvispina (Decapoda: Potamonautidae) from two western cape rivers, South Africa

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1245-1258

  Daniels, S R ^a   Stewart, B A ^b   Gibbons, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allozyme; Decapoda; Discriminant functions analyses; Morphometric; Potamonantidae; Potamonautes; S. africa

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; POTAMONAUTES; POTAMONAUTES PARVISPINA; POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 0031817910     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939800770621     Document Type: Article

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