On the extant type material of Cardisoma hirtipes Dana, 1851, and Cardisoma obesum Dana, 1851 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae)

Abstract Two boxes in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, were found to contain the dried type material of the land crabs Cardisoma hirtipes Dana, 1851, and Cardisoma obesum Dana, 1851 (Gecarcinidae). The types of the common Pacific land crab, C. hirtipes, were beli...

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Main Author: Peter K. L. Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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