First Asian report of the genus Chilibathynella Noodt, 1963 (Bathynellacea, Syncarida), with the description and biogeographic significance of a new species from Kotumsar Cave, India

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1370, 2006, Pages 23-37

  Ranga Reddy, Y ^a  

^a ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cave; Chilibathynella kotumsarensis n. sp.; Gondwanan distribution; India; Parabathynellidae

Indexed keywords

BATHYNELLACEA; CHILIBATHYNELLA; PARABATHYNELLIDAE; SYNCARIDA;

EID: 33845602528     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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