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Published: 2007-11-07
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The resurrection of the pontoniine genus Urocaris Stimpson, 1860, (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

Crustacea Section, Queensland Museum, P. O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4101
Crustacea Urocaris Stimpson 1860 Decapoda Pontoniinae genus resurrected

Abstract

The genus Urocaris Stimpson, 1860, has been re-assessed and separated from the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1844.

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