Paravireia holdichi n. sp., an enigmatic isopod crustacean from the Canary Islands with affinities to species from New Zealand

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-98

  Brökeland, Wiebke ^a   Wägele, Johann Wolfgang ^a   Bruce, Niel L ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Canary islands; Crustacea; Isopoda; Paravireia holdichi; Phylogeny; Sphaeromatidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010451334     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00007     Document Type: Article

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