Halacaridae (Acari) from Gazi Bay (Kenya): Description and biogeography of three new and two known species

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 427, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 177-194

  Chatterjee, Tapas ^a   De Troch, Marleen ^b  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF LEARNING   (India)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gazi Bay; Kenya; Marine Halacaridae

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

GAZI BAY; KENYA;

ACARI; COPIDOGNATHUS CURASSAVIENSIS; COPIDOGNATHUS GAZII; COPIDOGNATHUS KENYAE; COPIDOGNATHUS MAGNIPALPUS; HALACARIDAE; RHOMBOGNATHUS SCUTULATUS; SIMOGNATHUS TROPICALIS; SIMOGNATHUS UNISCUTATUS;

EID: 0034209988     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003979629889     Document Type: Article

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