A cladistic revision of the genus fredius (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) and its significance to the biogeography of the guianan lowlands of south america

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 763-775

  Rodriguez G ^a   Campos, M R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Freshwater crabs; Guianas; Phylogenetics; Pseudothelphusidae

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CLADOGRAM; NEW SPECIES; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FREDIUS; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOTHELPHUSIDAE;

EID: 0031832437     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939800770391     Document Type: Article

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