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A description of Ucides occidentalis Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea : Decapoda : Ocypodidae) zoea I.

Michelle SchuitemanCentro del Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador;Marine Sciences Department, Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador;Department of Fisheries Biology, Fred Telonicher Marine Laboratory, Humboldt State University, Trinidad, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Mireya Pozo-CajasCentro del Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador;Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, EcuadorView further author information
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Luis Dominguez-GrandaCentro del Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador;Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) Km, Guayaquil, EcuadorView further author information
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Jose Marin JarrinCentro del Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador;Marine Sciences Department, Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador;Department of Fisheries Biology, Fred Telonicher Marine Laboratory, Humboldt State University, Trinidad, CA, USAView further author information
Pages 1255-1261 | Received 08 Mar 2018, Accepted 17 Jun 2019, Published online: 18 Jul 2019

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