The 'true' genus Alona Baird, 1843 (Crustacea: Cladocera: Anomopoda): position of the A. quadrangularis-group and description of a new species from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1943, 2008, Pages 1-25

  Van Damme, Kay ^a   Dumont, Henri J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alona kolwezii n.sp.; Alona quadrangularis group; History; Limb morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALONA; ALONA QUADRANGULARIS; ANOMOPODA; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 57249091484     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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