New Records of Leucosiid Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from The Bay of Bengal, India
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Keywords

Leucosiidae
Seulocia pulchra
Coleusia longibrachia n. comb.
re-description
fishery discards

How to Cite

Prema, M., Galil, B. S., & Ravichandran, S. (2022). New Records of Leucosiid Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from The Bay of Bengal, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 119. https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2022/v119/156778

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