Little-known cyclopoids from groundwater in Italy: Re-validation of Acanthocyclops agamus and redescription of Speocyclops italicus (Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopoida)

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 203-222

  Galassi, Diana M P ^a   De Laurentiis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acanthocyclops; Copepoda; Cyclopoida; Italy; Speocyclops; Stygobiont; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ACANTHOCYCLOPS; ACANTHOCYCLOPS AGAMUS; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; SPEOCYCLOPS; SPEOCYCLOPS ITALICUS;

EID: 13644259927     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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