Established population of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) in the Panama Canal

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-161

  Roche, Dominique G ^a,b   Torchin, Mark E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Estuaries; Invasion; Nonindigenous; Panama Canal; Rhithropanopeus harrisii; Xanthidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348883945     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2007.2.3.1     Document Type: Article

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