Notes on tardigrades of the seychelles with the description of three new species

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-178

  Pilato, Giovanni ^a   Binda, Maria Grazia ^a   Lisi, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcarobiotus (D.) tetrannulatussp.n; Macrobiotus gerlachaesp.n; Macrobiotus pseudonuragicussp.n; Seychelles Archipelago; Tardigrades

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

BUCCO; CALCAROBIOTUS; CALCAROBIOTUS TETRANNULATUS; MACROBIOTUS; MACROBIOTUS GERLACBAE; MACROBIOTUS PSEUDONURAGICUS; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 4444357730     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356569     Document Type: Article

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