Contribution to Zoology, 75 (1/2) – 2006Hiroaki Karasawa; Carrie E. Schweitzer: A new classification of the Xanthoidea sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) based on phylogenetic analysis and traditional systematics and evaluation of all fossil Xanthoidea sensu lato

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