Invasive records of eriocheir hepuensis dai, 1991 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Varunidae): Implications and taxonomic considerations

BioInvasions Records

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-86

  Naser, Murtada D ^a   Page, Timothy J ^b   Ng, N K ^c   Apel, Michael ^d   Yasser, Amaal G ^a   Bishop, James M ^e   Ng, Peter K L ^c   Clark, Paul F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Museum Mensch und Natur   (Germany)

^e KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eriocheir hepuensis; Invasive species; Mitten crab taxonomy; Molecular and morphological analyses; Persian Gulf

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993963610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22421300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2012.1.1.15     Document Type: Article

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