A new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Dongyin Island, Matsu, Taiwan, defined by morphological and molecular characters, with notes on its biogeography

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 2901-2911

  Shih, Hsi Te ^a,b   Chen, Guo Xiao ^c   Wang, Li Min ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d Dongyin Junior High School   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Biogeography; Freshwater crab; mtDNA sequence; Nanhaipotamon dongyinense; New species; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRAB; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; DONGYIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MATSU ISLANDS; TAIWAN; WORLD;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMIDAE;

EID: 25444449016     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500214010     Document Type: Article

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