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Two new species of the genus Megacepon George, 1947 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) infesting Varunidae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsoidea) from China

Jianmei An School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, 041000, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christopher B. Boyko Department of Biology, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Boulevard, Oakdale, NY 11769 USA and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024, USA
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Xinzheng Li Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
Pages 131-143 | Received 25 Mar 2011, Accepted 19 Sep 2011, Published online: 17 Nov 2011

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