Liagore pulchella, a new species of xanthid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Vanuatu

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1665, 2007, Pages 53-60

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   Naruse, Tohru ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Liagore pulchella; New species; Taxonomy; Vanuatu; Xanthidae

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIAGORE; LIAGORE RUBROMACULATA; XANTHIDAE;

EID: 38149122268     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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