Vargula annecohenae, a new species of bioluminescent ostracode (Myodocopida: Cypridinidae) from Belize

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-659

  Torres, Elizabeth ^a   Morin, James G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRIDINIDAE; MYODOCOPIDA; OSTRACODA; VARGULA;

EID: 35948984575     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/S-2769.1     Document Type: Article

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