Taxonomic revision of the freshwater crab fauna of Nepal with description of a new species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamoidea and Gecarcinucoidea)

Senckenbergiana Biologica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-30

  Brandis, Dirk ^a,b   Sharma, Subodh ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Freshwater crabs; Himalaya; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRAB; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SUBSPECIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

BARYTELPHUSA; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOBOTHELPHUSA; POTAMOIDEA; POTAMON;

EID: 33746270950     PISSN: 00372102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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