Austinixa aidae Righi, 1967 and A. hardyi Heard and Manning, 1997 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnnotheridae) synonymized, with comments on molecular and morphometric methods in crustacean taxonomy

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 42, 2005, Pages 3649-3662

  Harrison, J Scott ^a   Hanley, Patrick W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Austinixa aidae; Austinixa hardyi; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphometric; Pinnotheridae

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTINIXA; AUSTINIXA AIDAE; AUSTINIXA HARDYI; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PINNOTHERIDAE;

EID: 31144464237     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500322862     Document Type: Article

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