Comparison between some epigean and hypogean populations of Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 337, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 161-170

  Turk, Simona ^a   Sket, Boris ^a   Sarbu, Şerban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asellus aquaticus; cave adaptation; Isopoda; morphology; Romania; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

ASELLIDAE; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; UROPODA;

CAVE; EPIGEAN FAUNA; HYPOGEAN FAUNA; PAEDOMORPHOSIS; TROGLOMORPHISM;

ROMANIA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 0030299158     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00028517     Document Type: Article

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