Marine gastrotrichs from the tremiti archipelago in the southern adriatic sea, with the description of two new species of Urodasys

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-194

  Elena, Fregni ^a   Faienza, Maria Grazia ^b   De Zio Grimaldi, Susanna ^b   Tongiorgi, Paolo ^a   Balsamo, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastrotricha; Italian fauna; Marine meiofauna; Mediterranean fauna; Tremiti Archipelago

Indexed keywords

MEIOFAUNA; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CRASIELLA; GASTROTRICHA; URODASYS APULIENSIS; URODASYS BUCINASTYLIS;

EID: 0032745625     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009909356254     Document Type: Article

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