Fortuynia atlantica sp. nov., a Thalassobiontic oribatid mite from the rocky coast of the Bermuda Islands (Acari: Oribatida: Fortuyniidae)

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 419-432

  Krisper, Günther ^a   Schuster, Reinhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Marine littoral; Oribatida; Sexual dimorphism; Taxonomy; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ALGAE; FORTUYNIA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 47849105968     PISSN: 00034541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000345408X326753     Document Type: Article

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