Two new Parastenocarididae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from India: Parastenocaris muvattupuzha n. sp. from a river and P. kotumsarensis n. sp. from a cave

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2077, 2009, Pages 31-55

  Reddy, Yenumula Ranga ^a   Defaye, Danielle ^b  

^a ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cavernicole; Crustacea; Hyporheos; Parastenocaris s. I; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; PARASTENOCARIDIDAE; PARASTENOCARIS;

EID: 65949100153     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2077.1.2     Document Type: Review

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