A new genus and species of branchipodid fairy shrimp (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1551, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Rogers, D Christopher ^a   Timms, Brian V ^b   Jocquè, Merlijn ^c   Brendonck, Luc ^c  

^a EcoAnalysts   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Australobranchipus; Australobranchipus gilgaiphila; Australobranchipus parooensis; Biogeography; Life cycle; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; BRANCHINELLA; BRANCHIOPODA; BRANCHIPODIDAE; BRANCHIPUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PARARTEMIA; PUMILIBRANCHIPUS; STREPTOCEPHALUS;

EID: 34548188293     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1551.1.3     Document Type: Article

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