Caridina nilotica (P. Roux, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae) from East Africa, with descriptions of four new species

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 706-730

  Richard, Jasmine ^a   Clark, Paul F ^b  

^a BHARATHI WOMEN S COLLEGE   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; LAKE BUNYONYI; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ATYIDAE (CRUSTACEANS); CARIDEA; CARIDINA; CARIDINA NITOTICA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 30444450540     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[706:CNPRCD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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