A new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae): Milnesium krzysztofi from Costa Rica (Central America)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-302

  Kaczmarek, Łukasz ^a   Michalczyk, Łukasz ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Milnesiidae; Milnesium krzysztofi sp. nov., M. katarzynae; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EUTARDIGRADA; MILNESIIDAE; MILNESIUM; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 39049089368     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510088     Document Type: Article

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