A new species of gnathia (Isopoda: Cymothoida: Gnathiidae) from Okinawajima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Southwestern Japan

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1266-1277

  Ota, Yuzo ^a   Tanaka, Katsuhiko ^b   Hirose, Euichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burrow; Gnathia limicola; Paragnathia formica; Praniza larva; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ERISMA; GNATHIA; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA; LIMICOLA; PARAGNATHIA FORMICA; PRANIZA;

EID: 39149093073     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1266     Document Type: Article

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