Description of two new species of Dorsiceratus Drzycimski, 1967 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ancorabolidae) from Sedlo and Seine Seamounts (Northeastern Atlantic) and remarks on the phylogenetic status of the genus

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2096, 2009, Pages 257-286

  George, Kai Horst ^a   Plum, Christoph ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancorabolinae; Ceratonotus group; Deep sea; Dorsiceratus dinah sp.nov; Dorsiceratus wilhelminae sp. nov.; OASIS; Seamounts; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANCORABOLIDAE; CERATONOTUS; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA;

EID: 66749164130     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2096.1.15     Document Type: Article

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