A first record of anchialine crab of the genus Orcovita Ng and Tomascik, 1994 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) from Japan, with description of the species

Limnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-151

  Naruse, Tohru ^a   Tamura, Hisao ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Asian Bat Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anchialine crab; New species; Orcovita miruku; Ryukyu Islands; Taxonomy; Varunidae

Indexed keywords

CRAB; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); VARUNIDAE;

EID: 33845496097     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-006-0176-y     Document Type: Article

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