A new genus and species of sphaeromatid isopod (Crustacea) from Atlantic Costa Rica

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 368-380

  Wetzer, Regina ^a   Bruce, Niel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; NEW SPECIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COSTA RICA;

CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; SPHAEROMATIDAE; UROPODA;

EID: 0033563608     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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