Ecology and systematics of mangrove crabs of the genus Perisesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from East Africa

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 435-445

  Gillikin, David Paul ^a   Schubart, Christoph D ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Grapsoidea; Indian Ocean; Kenya; Mangroves; Morphology; mtDNA; New species; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSOIDEA; LEPIDONOTUS; PERISESARMA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCYLLA; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 3242793690     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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