Three new sympatric species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from Great Exuma Island, Bahamas Islands

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 227-252

  Koenemann, Stefan ^a   Iliffe, Thomas M ^b   Der Ham, Joris Van ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchihaline caves; Bahamas; Biogeography; Crustacea; Evolutionary history; New species; Remipedia; Speleonectes; Speleonectidae; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; REMIPEDIA; SPELEONECTES; SPELEONECTES MINNSI; SPELEONECTES PARABENJAMINI; SPELEONECTES TANUMEKES; SPELEONECTIDAE;

EID: 0142027592     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07204004     Document Type: Review

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