New semi-terrestrial chydorids from the tropical rainforest of southwest Cameroon (Africa): Nicsmirnovius camerounensis n.gen, n.sp. and Bryospilus africanus n.sp (Crustacea: Anomopoda)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 391, Issue , 1998, Pages 259-270

  Chiambeng, George Y ^a,b   Dumont, Henri J ^b  

^a Res Ctr Fish Oceanogr Batoke   (Cameroon)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chydorids; Cladocera; Semi terrestrial plankton; Taxonomy; Trunk limbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032460987     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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