Some diagnostic characters for the classification of two sympatric hyperiid amphipods, Themisto pacifica and T. japonica, in the western North Pacific

Plankton Biology and Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-55

  Yamada, Yuichiro ^a   Ikeda, Tsutomu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CLASSIFICATION; PLANKTON; TAXONOMY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

AMPHIPODA; HYPERIIDAE; JAPONICA; THEMISTO; THEMISTO PACIFICA;

EID: 1842730505     PISSN: 13430874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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