Taxonomy and ecology of sandy beach Eurydice (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the West coast of South Africa

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-98

  Bruce, Niel L ^a   Soares, Alexandre G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cirolanidae; Eurydice; Isopoda; Sandy beaches; South Africa; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEACHES; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; NEW SPECIES; SANDY; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EURYDICE BARNARDI; EURYDICE KENSLEYI; EURYDICE LONGICORNIS; ISOPODA;

EID: 0030391071     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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