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Published: 2012-09-27
Page range: 81–85
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A new species of Catapagurus A. Milne-Edwards (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from Brazil, with a key to the western Atlantic species

Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Nazareth, 481, 04263-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Nazareth, 481, 04263-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Crustacea Paguridae Catapagurus new species Brazil

Abstract

We describe herein a new species of Catapagurus, the twenty-second species of the genus. This is the third species ofCatapagurus recorded from the western Atlantic and the second from Brazil; the remaining 19 species occur in the IndoPacific region.

References

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