An Holarctic taxon in the Ethiopian region - A first record of Lathonura (Crustacea: Cladocera: Macrothricidae) for the Okavango swamps of subtropical Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 101, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 565-567

  Hart, Rob C ^a   Dumont, Henri J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BOREAL; CRUSTACEAN; HOLARCTIC REGION; SWAMP; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; LATHONURA; MACROTRICHIDAE;

EID: 33645999035     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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