Retromysis nura new genus and species (Mysidacea, Mysidae, Heteromysini) from a superficial marine cave in Minorca (Balearic Islands, Mediterranean Sea)

Crustaceana

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 769-783

  Wittmann, Karl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

MYSIDACEA; MYSIDAE;

EID: 10044255656     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854004774248672     Document Type: Article

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