A new family for Sotoplax robertsi Guinot, 1984, with a diagnosis and key to the Goneplacoidea Macleay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2356, 2010, Pages 36-56

  Castro, Peter ^a   Guinot, Danièle ^b   Ng, Peter K L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acidopsidae; Brachyura; Chasmocarcinidae; Conleyidae; Crustacea; Decapoda; Euryplacidae; Goneplacidae; Goneplacoidea; Litocheiridae; Mathildellidae; New family; Progeryonidae; Scalopidiidae; Sotoplacidae; Sotoplax; Vultocinidae

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GONEPLACIDAE; SOTOPLAX; SOTOPLAX ROBERTSI;

EID: 77953867344     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2356.1.2     Document Type: Article

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