The taxonomy of five species of Episesarma De Man, 1895, in Singapore (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages 199-215

  Lee, Bee Yan ^a   Ng, Ngan Kee ^a   Ng, Peter K L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colouration; Mangrove; Mangrove crab; Sesarmidae; Singapore; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944045722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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