The first record of Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) from the Basrah area of southern Iraq

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Clark, Paul F ^a   Abdul Sahib, Ibtsam M ^b   Al Asadi, Muhamed S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Eriocheir sinensis; Iraq; Shatt Al Basrah Canal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863606047     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2006.1.2.1     Document Type: Article

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