The eumedonid file: A case study of systematic compatibility using larval and adult characters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-252

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Clark, Paul F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eumedoninae; First meal and adult characters; Parthenopidae; Phylogenetics; Pilumnidae; Systematics; Xanthoidea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034474409     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2000.9652457     Document Type: Article

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