Revision of the genus Titanocarcinus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) with two new genera and one new species

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-295

  Schweitzer, Carrie E ^a   Artal, Pedro ^b   Van Bakel, Barry ^c   Jagt, John W M ^d   Karasawa, Hiroaki ^e  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Curator Echinoidea of the Museo Geológico del Seminario de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c c/o Oertijdmuseum de Greene Poort ^*  (Netherlands)

^d NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^e Mizunami Fossil Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; MELANAETHUS; TUMIDOCARCINIDAE; XANTHOIDEA;

EID: 34248348794     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2713.1     Document Type: Article

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