A review of the genus Eriocheir de Haan, 1835 and related genera, with the description of a new genus and a new species (Brachyura, Grapsoidea, Varunidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1103-1138

  Sakai, Katsushi ^a  

^a SHIKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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CRUSTACEAN; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE;

EID: 84893301249     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003185     Document Type: Article

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