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Original Articles

Taxonomy and ecology of the porcellanid crab Polyonyx cometes Walker, 1887 (Crustacea: Decapoda), with description of a new genus

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Pages 1103-1117 | Accepted 31 Mar 1993, Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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