Morphological diversity of habrobathynellids (Parabathynellidae, Bathynellacea) in India, with the description of a new species

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 2217-2224

  Reddy, Y Ranga ^a   Schminke, Horst Kurt ^b  

^a ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habrobathynella; India; Male thoracopod VIII; Morphological diversity

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

BATHYNELLACEA; PARABATHYNELLIDAE; UROPODA;

EID: 22744447085     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930400007464     Document Type: Article

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