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Reproductive biology of galatheoid and chirostyloid (Crustacea: Decapoda) squat lobsters from the Gulf of Mexico

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Kilgour, Morgan J., Shirley, Thomas C. (2014): Reproductive biology of galatheoid and chirostyloid (Crustacea: Decapoda) squat lobsters from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 3754 (4): 381-419, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.3

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