A revision of the genus platythelphusa A. milne-edwards, 1887 from lake tanganyika, East Africa (Decapoda: Potamoidea: Platythelphusidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1487-1512

  Cumberlidge, N ^a   Von Sternberg, R ^b   Bills, I R ^c   Martin, H ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c J B L Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Crustacea; Freshwater crab; Identification key; Lake tanganyika; Platythelphusa; Potamoidea; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PLATYTHELPHUSA; PLATYTHELPHUSA ARMATA; PLATYTHELPHUSA CONCULATA; PLATYTHELPHUSA DENTICULATA; PLATYTHELPHUSA ECHINATA; PLATYTHELPHUSA MACULATA; PLATYTHELPHUSA POLITA; PLATYTHELPHUSA TUBERCULATA; PLATYTHELPHUSIDAE; POTAMOIDEA;

EID: 0032849523     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002229399299860     Document Type: Article

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