Aphanodactylidae, a new family of thoracotreme crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) symbiotic with polychaete worms

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2289, 2009, Pages 33-47

  Ahyong, Shane T ^a   Ng, Peter K L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aphanodactylidae; Brachyura; Decapoda; Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheroidea; Polychaeta; Symbiosis; Terebellidae; Thoracotremata

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DACTYLUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PINNOTHERIDAE; PINNOTHEROIDEA; PISUM SATIVUM; POLYCHAETA; TEREBELLIDA; TEREBELLIDAE; THORACOTREMATA; VARUNIDAE;

EID: 73849138592     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2289.1.3     Document Type: Article

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