Establishment of the Vultocinidae, a new family for an unusual new genus and new species of Indo-West Pacific crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea), with comments on the taxonomy of the Goneplacidae

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1558, 2007, Pages 39-68

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Manuel Santos, Marivene R ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Crustacea; Decapoda; Goneplacidae; Goneplacoidea; New family; New genus; New species; Philippine Islands; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GONEPLACIDAE; PILUMNIDAE;

EID: 34548391821     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1558.1.3     Document Type: Article

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