On two new species of freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from southern Taiwan

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-110

  Chen, Wen Jou ^a,b   Cheng, Jin Hua ^c   Shy, Jhy Yun ^d  

^a Dawan Junior High School   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Tungkang Marine Laboratory   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Geothelphusa; New freshwater crabs; Potamidae; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GEOTHELPHUSA; POTAMIDAE;

EID: 33746821619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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