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Peter CASTRO

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A new species and new records of palicoid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Palicoidea, Palicidae, Crossotonotidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region

CASTRO P. 2010. — A new species and new records of palicoid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Palicoidea, Palicidae, Crossotonotidae) from the Indo-West Pacific region. Zoosystema 2010 (1): 73-86. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2010n1a3

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Two new species of Carcinoplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852, and Pycnoplax Castro, 2007, from the western Pacific, and a description of the female of Thyraplax truncata Castro, 2007 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae)

CASTRO P. 2009. — Two new species of Carcinoplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852, and Pycnoplax Castro, 2007, from the western Pacific, and a description of the female of Thyraplax truncata Castro, 2007 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae). Zoosystema 2009 (4): 949-957. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2009n4a9

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A reappraisal of the family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and revision of the subfamily Goneplacinae, with the description of 10 new genera and 18 new species

CASTRO P. 2007. — A reappraisal of the family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and revision of the subfamily Goneplacinae, with the description of 10 new genera and 18 new species. Zoosystema 2007 (4): 609-774.

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Crabs of the subfamily Ethusinae Guinot, 1977 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Dorippidae) of the Indo-West Pacific region

CASTRO P. 2005. — Crabs of the subfamily Ethusinae Guinot, 1977 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Dorippidae) of the Indo-West Pacific region. Zoosystema 2005 (3): 499-600.

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Revision of the family Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)

CASTRO P., WILLIAMS A. B. & COOPER L. L. 2003. — Revision of the family Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Zoosystema 2003 (4): 601-634.

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Trapeziid crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Trapeziidae) of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea

CASTRO P. 1999. — Trapeziid crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Trapeziidae) of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Zoosystema 1999 (1): 93-120.

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Systematic status and geographic distribution of Trapezia formosa Smith, 1869 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Trapeziidae), a symbiont of reef corals

CASTRO P. 1998. — Systematic status and geographic distribution of Trapezia formosa Smith, 1869 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Trapeziidae), a symbiont of reef corals, in MACPHERSON E., LEMAITRE R., RICHER DE FORGES B. & MANNING R. B. (eds), Papers in honour of Alain Crosnier. Zoosystema 20 (2): 177-181.

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A revision of Carcinoplax abyssicola (Miers, 1885) and seven related species of Carcinoplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852, with the description of two new species and an updated key to the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae)

NG P. K. L. & CASTRO P. 2020. — A revision of Carcinoplax abyssicola (Miers, 1885) and seven related species of Carcinoplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852, with the description of two new species and an updated key to the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae). Zoosystema 2020 (17): 239-284. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a17. http://zoosystema.com/42/17

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