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A new deep-sea squat lobster (Decapoda: Anomura) from a seamount of the Arabian Sea, India, with re-description of Gonionida comorina (Alcock & Anderson, 1899)
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- 1. Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Atal Bhavan, LNG Terminus Road, Puthuvype, Kochi, 682508, India & Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Atal Bhavan, LNG Terminus Road, Puthuvype, Kochi, 682508, India
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Tiwari, Shivam, Padate, Vinay P., Cubelio, Sherine Sonia (2026): A new deep-sea squat lobster (Decapoda: Anomura) from a seamount of the Arabian Sea, India, with re-description of Gonionida comorina (Alcock & Anderson, 1899). Zootaxa 5757 (1): 67-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5757.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5757.1.5
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