A new genus and new species of symbiotic crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheroidea) from Okinawa, Japan

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2053, 2009, Pages 59-68

  Naruse, Tohru ^a,b   Fujita, Yoshihisa ^a   Ng, Peter K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Japan; New genus; New species; Okinawa island; Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheroidea; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PINNOTHERIDAE; PINNOTHEROIDEA;

EID: 64649103366     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2053.1.4     Document Type: Article

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