A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae: Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-386

  Davie, Peter J F ^a   Van Xuan, Nguyen ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Crustacea; Grapsidae; Indo West Pacific; Mangroves; Metaplax; New species; Sesarminae

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; METAPLAX; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RIPARIA; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 1642383748     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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