Ceratothoa steindachneri (Isopoda, Cymothoidae): An unusual record from the Mediterranean

Crustaceana

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1145-1148

  Horton, Tammy ^a   Diamant, Arik ^b   Galil, Bella S ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CERATOTHOA; CERATOTHOA STEINDACHNERI; CYMOTHOIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 13244257170     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568540042900231     Document Type: Article

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