Five new species of Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) from deep-water off Taiwan, with description of a new genus

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2352, 2010, Pages 1-28

  Komai, Tomoyuki ^a   Lin, Feng Jiau ^b   Chan, Tin Yam ^c  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axiidae; Axiidea; Crustacea; Decapoda; New genus; New species; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AMBIAXIUS; AXIIDAE; BOUVIERAXIUS; CALASTACUS; CARINAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EICONAXIUS;

EID: 77953825050     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2352.1.1     Document Type: Article

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