A revision of the Geothelphusa levicervix species group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae), with descriptions of three new species

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 40, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 759-781

  Naruse, Tohru ^a   Shokita, Shigemitsu ^b   Ng, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Freshwater crabs; Geothelphusa levicervix species group; New species; Potamidae; Ryukyu Islands; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KERAMA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TOKASHIKI;

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

EID: 33746827747     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930600773378     Document Type: Article

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