Acantholaimus (chromadoridae:nematoda) from the Indian Ocean: Description of seven species

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 346, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 59-76

  Muthumbi, Agnes W ^a,b   Vincx, Magda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

ACANTHOLAIMUS; ACANTHOLAIMUS ELEGANS; ACANTHOLAIMUS GATHUMAI; ACANTHOLAIMUS GERAERTI; ACANTHOLAIMUS HEIPI; ACANTHOLAIMUS INVAGINATUM; ACANTHOLAIMUS VERMEULENI; ACANTHOLAIMUS VERSCHELDI; CHROMADORIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030865387     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002937226161     Document Type: Article

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