The first record of the crustacean isopod genus Pseudarachna Sars, 1897 (Isopoda: Asellota: Munnopsidae) from the Southern Hemisphere, with description of a new species from New Zealand

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1370, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Merrin, Kelly L ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Isopoda; Munnopsidae; Pacific; Pseudarachna; Tasman Sea; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ASELLOTA; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; MUNNOPSIDAE; PSEUDARACHNA;

EID: 33845672535     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.5     Document Type: Article

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