A new genus and two new species of Saurodocus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1820, 2008, Pages 60-66

  Yerman, Michelle N ^a,b   Krapp Schickel, Traudl ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Crustacea; Melitidae; New genus; New species; Saurodocus hobbit; Saurodocus minimarenus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ANTHOZOA; CERADOCUS; COSTA (OSTRACODE); CRUSTACEA; MELITIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 47549084063     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1820.1.5     Document Type: Article

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