Two new species of deep-water xanthid crabs of the genera Euryxanthops Garth & Kim, 1983, and Medaeops Guinot, 1967 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from New Zealand

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1505, 2007, Pages 37-50

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Mclay, Colin L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Crustacea; Euryxanthops; Kermadec Islands; Medaeops; New species; Xanthidae

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); XANTHIDAE;

EID: 34250835872     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1505.1.3     Document Type: Article

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