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Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura)
- 1. Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz (IEO-CSIC), Puerto Pesquero, Muelle de Levante s/n, 11006 Cádiz, Spain.
- 2. Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
- 3. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain.
- 4. Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC), República Saharaui, 2, Puerto Real, 11519 Cádiz, Spain.
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Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez, Cuesta, Jose A. (2025): Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura). European Journal of Taxonomy 996: 1-94, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.996.2915, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2915/13199
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