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Brachyuran crabs of the family Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) of the Persian Gulf

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Naderloo, Reza, Türkay, Michael, Apel, Michael (2011): Brachyuran crabs of the family Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) of the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa 2911: 1-42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203098

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