Crabs of the Demania Rotundata species group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from East and South China Seas, with description of a new species

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-153

  Chen, H L ^a   Ng, Peter K L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Demania; East and South China Seas; New species; Taxonomy; Xanthidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033420177     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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