Descriptions of ten xanthoidean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) first stage zoeas from Inhaca Island, Mozambique

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 323-378

  Clark, Paul F ^a   Paula, José ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epixanthus frontalis; Eriphia scabricula; Eurycarcinus natalensis; First stage zoeal description; Leptodius exaratus; Lybia plumosa; Lydia annulipes; Pilodius paumotensis; Pilumnus longicornis; Pilumnus vespertilio; Xanthoidea; Zozymodes xanthoides

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIPHIA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTODIUS; PILUMNUS; VESPERTILIO; XANTHOIDEA;

EID: 1642284434     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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