A new genus of phreatoicidean isopod (Crustacea) from the north Kimberley region, Western Australia

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-79

  Wilson, George D F ^a   Keable, Stephen J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fresh water; Gondwana; Groundwater; Isopoda; Phreatoicidea; Phytogeny; Southern Hemisphere; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHISOPODIDAE; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PHREATOICIDAE; PHREATOICIDEA;

EID: 0033247076     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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