Remarks on the freshwater crabs of Angola, Southwestern Africa, with the description of Potamonautes kensleyi, new species (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-257

  Cumberlidge, Neil ^a   Tavares, Marcos ^b  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMOIDEA; POTAMONAUTES; POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 33646814023     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2653.1     Document Type: Article

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