First record of the Indo-Pacific swimming crab, Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) in the Gulf of Mexico

Crustaceana

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 889-894

  McMillen Jackson, Anne L ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF ADEN; GULF OF MEXICO; INDIAN OCEAN;

CHARYBDIS HELLERI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE;

EID: 46349104681     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854008784771720     Document Type: Article

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