Phylogeny, biogeography and a new taxonomy for the Gecarcinucoidea Rathbun, 1904 (Decapoda: Brachyura)

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-217

  Klaus, Sebastian ^a,b   Schubart, Christoph D ^b   Brandis, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Brachyura; Freshwater crabs; Gecarcinucoidea; Indian Ocean; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRAB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DECKENIIDAE; GECARCINUCIDAE; HYDROTHELPHUSINAE; POTAMOIDEA;

EID: 33746307072     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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