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Distinguishing ten sympatric species of fiddler crab (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) using a suite of phenotypic characteristics
- 1. Department of Zoology and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK.
- 2. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rad, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
- 3. University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, US.
- 4. simon.cragg@port.ac.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1082-7653
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Michie, Laura A., Barnes, R. S. K., Clark, Paul F., Bennett, Wayne A., Cragg, Simon M. (2021): Distinguishing ten sympatric species of fiddler crab (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) using a suite of phenotypic characteristics. Zootaxa 5026 (4): 480-506, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.4.2
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