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Formal establishment of Gecarcinoidea H. Milne Edwards, 1837 n. stat. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), with recognition of two families, Cardisomatidae n. fam. and Gecarcinidae restrict., and new insights on Epigrapsidae Watabe, 2007
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Paula, Danièle Guinot, Rodríguez Moreno, Paula A. (2026): Formal establishment of Gecarcinoidea H. Milne Edwards, 1837 n. stat. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), with recognition of two families, Cardisomatidae n. fam. and Gecarcinidae restrict., and new insights on Epigrapsidae Watabe, 2007. Zoosystema 48 (8): 211-271, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2026v48a8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19370640
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