Open AccessA micro X-ray computed tomography dataset of South African hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) containing scans of two rare specimens and three recently described species
Author(s) -
Jannes Landschoff,
Anton du Plessis,
Charles L. Griffiths
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
gigascience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.947
H-Index - 54
ISSN - 2047-217X
DOI - 10.1093/gigascience/giy022
Subject(s) - anomura , decapoda , crustacean , hermit crab , computed tomography , zoology , biology , medicine , radiology
Along with the conventional deposition of physical types at natural history museums, the deposition of 3-dimensional (3D) image data has been proposed for rare and valuable museum specimens, such as irreplaceable type material.
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