Two new genera of misophrioid copepods (Crustacea) from an anchihaline cave in the bahamas

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 661-681

  Jaume, D ^a   Boxshall, G A ^b   Iliffe, T M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Caves; Copepoda; Huysia; Misophrioida; Phylogeny; Protospeleophria; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HUYSIA; HUYSIA BAHAMENSIS; MISOPHRIA; MISOPHRIOIDA; PROTOSPELEOPHRIA; PROTOSPELEOPHRIA LUCAYAE; SPELEOPHRIA; SPELEOPHRIOPSIS; SPELEOPHRIOSIS;

EID: 0031861165     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939800770351     Document Type: Article

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