Allogalathea (Decapoda: Galatheidae): a monospecific genus of squat lobster?

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-270

  Cabezas, Patricia ^a   Macpherson, Enrique ^b   Machordom, Annie ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Mitochondrial genes; Molecular systematics; Morphological characters; PEPCK gene

Indexed keywords

ALLOGALATHEA; ALLOGALATHEA ELEGANS; GALATHEA; GALATHEIDAE; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 79957589865     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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