The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Natura Croatica

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 1-159

  Števčić, Zdravko ^a  

^a NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Brachyuran crabs; Crustacea; Decapoda; Reclassification; Revision; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CRAB; NEW TAXON; TAXONOMY;

BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 23344438571     PISSN: 13300520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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