Kotumsaridae, a new family of subterranean amphipod crustaceans from India, with description of Kotumsaria bastarensis, new genus, new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1589, 2007, Pages 33-46

  Messouli, Mohammed ^a   Holsinger, John R ^b   Ranga Reddy, Y ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amphipods; India; Kotumsar cave; Kotumsaridae; Stygobiotic; Subterranean groundwater

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CRANGONYCTOIDEA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 34748856214     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1589.1.3     Document Type: Article

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