Unrecorded crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Taiwan and Tungsha Islands, with description of a new genus and species of Xanthidae

Zoological Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-276

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Huang, Jung Fu ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Marine crabs; New taxa; Pratas Islands; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCANIA; ARCANIA ELONGATA; BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; CALAPPIDAE; CANCRIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DORIPPIDAE; ETHUSA; ETISUS; FABRICIUS; GONEPLACIDAE; HEIKEA; HOMOLIDAE; JAPONICA; LEUCOSIIDAE; MAJIDAE; MATUTA; PAROMOLA; XANTHIDAE;

EID: 0040360938     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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