New species of Monstrilloida (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 43, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 1257-1271

  Suárez Morales, Eduardo ^a,b   Morales Ramírez, Alvaro ^c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Copepods; Costa Rica; Diversity; Marine zooplankton; Mexican Pacific; Protelean parasites

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CRUSTACEAN; ENDEMISM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

COPEPODA; COSTA (OSTRACODE); CRUSTACEA; CYMBASOMA; MONSTRILLOIDA; MONSTRILLOPSIS;

EID: 69149104521     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930902894419     Document Type: Article

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