A new species of freshwater isopod (Sphaeromatidea: Sphaeromatidae) from an inland karstic stream on Espíritu Santo Island, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1653, 2007, Pages 41-55

  Jaume, Damià ^a   Queinnec, Erik ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Exosphaeroides; Isopoda; Oceanic Islands; Running waters; Stygofauna

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; EXOSPHAEROIDES; EXOSPHAEROMA; ISOPODA; SPHAEROMATIDAE;

EID: 37249078800     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1653.1.3     Document Type: Article

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