A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Geothelphusa Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Taiwan

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-102

  Shy, Jhy Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL PENGHU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Freshwater crab; Geothelphusa; New species; Potamidae; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GEOTHELPHUSA; GEOTHELPHUSA CANDIDIENSIS; GEOTHELPHUSA OLEA; POTAMIDA; POTAMIDAE;

EID: 33746787415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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