Vargula morini, a new species of bioluminescent ostracode (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae) from Belize and an associated copepod (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Nicothoidae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-24

  Torres, Elizabeth ^a   Cohen, Anne C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; COPEPODA; CYPRIDINIDAE; MYODOCOPIDA; NICOTHOIDAE; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA; VARGULA;

EID: 22044440029     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2455     Document Type: Article

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