Description of a neotype for Asellus aquaticus Linné, 1758 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae), with description of a new subterranean Asellus species from Europe

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Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-118

  Verovnik, Rudi ^a   Prevorčnik, Simona ^a   Jugovic, Jure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Asellidae; Asellus aquaticus; Asellus kosswigi sp. n.; Morphology; Neotype; Phylogeny; Speciation; Troglobiont

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; ISOPOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ASELLIDAE; ASELLUS; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA;

EID: 67349185078     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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