The first zoea, megalopa, and first crab stage of the hydrothermal vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsoidea) and the systematic implications for the varunidae

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 188-212

  Jeng, Ming Shiou ^a   Clark, Paul F ^b   Ng, Peter K L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYNOTUS; BRACHYNOTUS SEXDENTATUS; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; GRAPSIDAE; GRAPSOIDEA; PLAGUSIIDAE; SCOPIMERA; SESARMIDAE; VARUNIDAE; XENOGRAPSUS TESTUDINATUS;

EID: 1242300173     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2359     Document Type: Article

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