Calappoidea and Leucosioidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Luzon, Philippines, with descriptions of two new species of Mursia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2085, 2009, Pages 45-60

  Galil, Bella S ^a   Ng, Peter K L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brachyura; Calappidae; Crustacea; Decapoda; Iphiculidae; Leucosiidae; New species; Philippines

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CALAPPIDAE; CALAPPOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LEUCOSIIDAE; LEUCOSIOIDEA; MURSIA; MYRA DIGITATA;

EID: 65949105069     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2085.1.4     Document Type: Article

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