Research on the coast of somalia. Portunidae (crustacea brachyura)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-298

  Vannini, M ^a,b   Innocenti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Decapoda; East Africa; Kenya; Mascarene; Portunidae; Somalia; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040357556     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2000.10531136     Document Type: Article

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