A new species of Pseudostomella (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from a sandy beach of Kerala, India

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1616, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Priyalakshmi, G ^a   Menon, N R ^a   Todaro, M A ^b  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabian sea; Gastrotrichs; Interstitial; Meiofauna; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GASTROTRICHA; HALICHAETONOTUS; MACRODASYIDA; PSEUDOSTOMELLA; PYRUS; TETRANCHYRODERMA; THAUMASTODERMATIDAE; XENOTRICHULA;

EID: 35448995253     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1616.1.5     Document Type: Review

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