A new genus of freshwater crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Thailand, with a description of a new species

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1625-1637

  Yeo, D C J ^a   Naiyanetr, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Crustacea; Decapoda; Freshwater Thailand; Potamidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRAB; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY;

THAILAND;

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMIDAE; POTAMON; POTAMON KANCHANABURIENSE; POTAMON PRUINOSUM; STELOMON;

EID: 0033858428     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930050117521     Document Type: Article

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