A new species of axiid shrimp from chemosynthetic communities of the Louisiana continental slope, Gulf of Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-75

  Felder, Darryl L ^a   Kensley, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DEEP WATER; NEW SPECIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

AXIIDAE; BIVALVIA; CALAXIUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THALASSINIDEA;

EID: 3342927537     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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