Vultocinus anfractus NG & Manuel-Santos, 2007 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Vultocinidae): A new record for New Caledonia, with notes on female characters

Crustaceana

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 627-634

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   De Forges, Bertrand Richer ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 67649221089     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854009X407731     Document Type: Article

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