Taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of the endemic mudflat crab Helice/Chasmagnathus complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) from East Asia

Zoological Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-125

  Shih, Hsi Te ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cytochrome oxidase I; Distribution; Helicana; Morphology

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CHASMAGNATHUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HELICE; HELICE TIENTSINENSIS; HELICE TRIDENS; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 52649118456     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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