On the land crabs of the genus Discoplax A. Milne Edwards, 1867 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae), with description of a new cavernicolous species from the Philippines

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 311-338

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Guinot, Danièle ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Discoplax; Gecarcinidae; Land crabs; New species; Philippines; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035740409     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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