A first fossil record of the terrestrial crab, Geothelphusa tenuimanus (Miyake & Minei, 1965) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Okinawa Island, Central Ryukyus, Japan

Crustaceana

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1211-1218

  Naruse, Tohru ^a   Karasawa, Hiroaki ^b   Shokita, Shigemitsu ^a   Tanaka, Toshio ^c   Moriguchi, Mitsuru ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Mizunami Fossil Museum   (Japan)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Sango Sha Schole   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

BRACHYURA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS SP.; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; POTAMIDAE;

EID: 1842476171     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854003773123447     Document Type: Article

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