A new species of land crab, Sesarma Say, 1817 (Decapoda, Brachyura), from the Pleistocene of Jamaica

Scripta Geologica

Volumn , Issue 138, 2009, Pages 11-21

  Collins, J S H ^a,b   Mitchell, S F ^c   Donovan, S K ^d  

^a The Natural History Museum ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caves; Jamaica; Land crabs; Pleistocene; Sesarma

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ARTHROPODA; BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; SESARMA; SESARMA BIDENTATUM; SESARMA JARVISI; SESARMA VERLEYI;

EID: 68749083402     PISSN: 03757587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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