A revision of the higher taxonomy of the Afrotropical freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) with a discussion of their biogeography

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 399-413

  Cumberlidge, Neil ^a   Von Sternberg, Richard M ^b   Daniels, Savel R ^c  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deckeniina; Deckeniinae; Deckeniini; Gecarcinucidae; Gecarcinucoidea; Globonautina; Hydrothelphusini; Potamoidea; Potamonautidae; Potamonautinae

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; CRAB; EVOLUTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MIDDLE EAST; SEYCHELLES; SOCOTRA; SOUTH YEMEN; YEMEN;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DECKENIIDAE; GECARCINUCIDAE; PLATYTHELPHUSIDAE; POTAMIDAE; POTAMOIDEA; POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 38049151352     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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