A new species of Thetispelecaris (Crustacea: Peracarida) from submarine cave on Grand Cayman Island

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 611-624

  Ohtsuka, Susumu ^a   Hanamura, Yukio ^a   Kase, Tomoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bochusacea; Grand Cayman Island; Peracarida; Submarine cave; Thetispelecaris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; CRUSTACEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CRUSTACEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; PERACARIDA;

EID: 0036586764     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.611     Document Type: Article

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