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Freshwater decapods of Puerto Rico: a checklist and reports of new localities
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Pérez-Reyes, Omar, Crowl, Todd A., Hernández-García, Pablo J., Ledesma-Fusté, Ricardo, Villar-Fornes, Fernando A., Covich, Alan P. (2013): Freshwater decapods of Puerto Rico: a checklist and reports of new localities. Zootaxa 3717 (3): 329-344, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.3.3
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