A new species of Mictyris (Decapoda, Brachyura, Mictyridae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Crustaceana Monographs

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages 83-105

  Davie, Peter J F ^a   Shih, Hsi Te ^b   Chan, Benny K K ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

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