Deep water swimming crabs of the subgenus Charybdis (Goniohellenus) of the western Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae)

Fauna of Arabia

Volumn 22, Issue , 2006, Pages 199-223

  Türkay, Michael ^a   Spiridonov, Vassily A ^b,c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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