A cladistic analysis of platythelphusa a. milne-edwards, 1887, from lake tanganyika, east africa (Decapoda: Potamoidea: Platythelphusidae) with comments on the phylogenetic position of the group

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-511

  Von Sternberg, R ^a   Cumberlidge, N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Cladistics; Crustacea; Freshwater crabs; Lake tanganyika; Phylogeny; Platythelphusa; Potamoidea

Indexed keywords

PLATYTHELPHUSA;

EID: 0032917057     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002229399300218     Document Type: Article

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