Morphological description of the first zoeal stage of the tropical xanthid crab Punopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae)
The first zoeal stage of the tropical xanthid crab Panopeus purpureus Lockington is described based on larvae from an ovigerous female collected from mangroves on the Pacific coast of Panama. The report is the first description of larvae of any Pacific member of this common and ecologically importa...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
1998-03-01
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| Series: | Ciencias Marinas |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/743 |