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A revision of the genus Pachygrapsus Randall, 1840 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura, Grapsidae), with special reference to the Southwest Pacific species

  • 1. Institut de Recherche de l'Ecole Navale, IRENav BP 600, 29240 BREST NAVAL France (poupin@ecolenavale.fr; cexus@ecole-navale.fr) Queensland Museum, P. O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (peter.davie@qm.qld.gov)

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Poupin, Joseph, Davie, Peter J. F., Cexus, Jean-Christophe (2005): A revision of the genus Pachygrapsus Randall, 1840 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura, Grapsidae), with special reference to the Southwest Pacific species. Zootaxa 1015 (1): 1-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1015.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1015.1.1

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