Neither molecular nor morphological data have all the answers; with an example from Macrobrachium (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2874, 2011, Pages 65-68

  Page, Timothy J ^a   Jane M Hughes, ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROBRACHIUM; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 79955928245     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2874.1.4     Document Type: Article

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