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New genera, new species and new records of Indo-West Pacific spider crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae: Majoidea)
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Forges, Bertrand Richer De, Ng, Peter K. L. (2009): New genera, new species and new records of Indo-West Pacific spider crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae: Majoidea). Zootaxa 2025: 1-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186148
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