The taxonomy of Sesarma tangi Rathbun, 1931 and S. stormi De Man, 1895 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae: Sesarminae), with establishment of a new genus for S. stormi

Zoological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 228-237

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Liu, Hung Chang ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

New genus; New record; Sesarma stormi; Sesarma tangi

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CHIROMANTES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; SESARMA;

EID: 0033110588     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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