Occurrence of lithodid crabs (Decapoda, Lithodidae) on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America

Crustaceana

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-151

  MacPherson, Enrique ^a   Wehrtmann, Ingo S ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; CRUISE REPORT; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

COSTA RICA; PACIFIC COAST [COSTA RICA];

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITHODES; LITHODIDAE; PARALOMIS;

EID: 76649124548     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/001121609X12487811051660     Document Type: Article

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