Revision of the spider crab genus Maja Lamarck, 1801 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae), with descriptions of seven new genera and 17 new species from the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-225

  Ng, Peter K L ^a   De Forges, Bertrand Richer ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Brachyura; Crustacea; Indo west pacific; Maja; New genera; New species; Revision; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; CRUSTACEA; MAJA; MAJIDAE; MAJOIDEA;

EID: 84937838909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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