A fossil homolodromiid crab from King George Island, Antarctica

Homolodromia in flata (Förster) described in this paper is found from the Miocene Cape Melville Formation of the glacio-marine sediments in King George Island, Antarctica. A comparison is made between the genera Homolodromia and Antarctidromia and a discussion is also made on the taxonomic placement...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yujing, Wang, Yizhong, Shi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 1996
Subjects:
King George Island
Cape Melville
Flata
Advances in Polar Science
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Science
Online Access:http://library.arcticportal.org/2108/
http://library.arcticportal.org/2108/1/A601.004.pdf
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Summary:Homolodromia in flata (Förster) described in this paper is found from the Miocene Cape Melville Formation of the glacio-marine sediments in King George Island, Antarctica. A comparison is made between the genera Homolodromia and Antarctidromia and a discussion is also made on the taxonomic placement of the genus Homolodromia in the Brachyura, we would like to consider that the genus Antarctidromia previously identified by Förster, may be a synonym of the genus Homolodromia.

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