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Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838
Vieira, R.R.R.; dos Santos, C.R.M. (2023). Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838. ICES Identification Leaflets for Plankton = Fiches d'identification du plancton, 200. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: Copenhagen. ISBN 978-87-7482-981-2. 19 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.23276423
Part of: Lindley, J.A. (Ed.) ICES Identification Leaflets for Plankton = Fiches d'identification du plancton. ICES: Copenhagen. ISSN 1019-1097

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Keywords
    Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Vieira, R.R.R.
  • dos Santos, C.R.M.

Abstract
    This is a compilation of the available descriptions of the zoeal and megalopa stages of the Brachyura Xanthidae crabs of the Atlantic Ocean belonging to three subfamilies (Euxanthinae, Xanthinae, and Zosiminae). Descriptions of the zoea of 12 species and the megalopa of 6 species are included, with a key for both stages provided.

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