Coral-inhabiting swimming crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) of the Sudanese Red Sea

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170.e1-170.e19

  Spiridonov, Vassily A ^a   Neumann, Volker ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carupinae; Coral habitats; Coral associated brachyuran crabs; Portunid crabs; Portuninae; Thalamitinae

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL REEF; CRAB; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ARABIAN SEA; EAST AFRICA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

ANTHOZOA; BRACHYURAN; CARUPA TENUIPES; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MURINAE; PORTUNIDAE; PORTUNUS; STYLOPHORA (CORAL); THALAMITA; THALAMITA PRYMNA;

EID: 48549097191     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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