The nomenclature and taxonomy of Eriocheir formosa Chan, Hung & Yu, 1995 (Brachyura, Varunidae) from Taiwan: A rebuttal to Tang et al. (2003, 2004)

Crustaceana

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 457-464

  Chan, Tin Yam ^a   Ng, Peter K L ^b   Ng, N K ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR FORMOSA; ERIOCHEIR RECTUS; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 29244449322     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568540054473459     Document Type: Review

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