Caecidotea williamsi (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae), a new species from a saline crater-lake in the eastern Mexican Plateau

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 477, Issue , 2002, Pages 93-105

  Escobar Briones, Elva ^a   Alcocer, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alchichica; Benthic; Cryptic; Maars; Mexico; Oriental Basin; Peracarida; Tropical lake; Tufa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MICROORGANISMS; SALINE WATER;

CRATERS;

LAKES;

CRATER LAKE; CRUSTACEAN; NEW SPECIES; SALINE LAKE; TAXONOMY;

MEXICO;

ASELLIDAE; CAECIDOTEA; CONASELLUS COMMUNIS; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; PERACARIDA;

EID: 0036624826     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021013132626     Document Type: Article

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