Amphi-Atlantic distribution of the subterranean amphipod family Metacrangonyctidae (Crustacea, Gammaridea)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-125

  Jaume, Damià ^a   Christenson, Keith ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Anchialine caves; Biogeography; Dominican Republic; Metacrangonyx; Stygofauna; Tethyan relicts; Thalassoid lineages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035643846     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07002004     Document Type: Article

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