Micropacteridae, a new family of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52.e1-52.e14

  Koenemann, Stefan ^a   Iliffe, Thomas M ^b   van der Ham, Joris L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchialine caves; Crustacea; Micropacter; New family; New genus; Remipedia

Indexed keywords

CAVE SYSTEM; CRUSTACEAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;

CRUSTACEA; GODZILLIIDAE; NECTIOPODA; REMIPEDIA; SPELEONECTIDAE;

EID: 33947323553     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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