Two new species of Eucyclops claus (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the Chihuahuan Desert with a redescription of E. pseudoensifer Dussart

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2206, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Suárez Morales, Eduardo ^a   Walsh, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid systems; Crustacean freshwater zooplankton; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; EUCYCLOPS; EUCYCLOPS PSEUDOENSIFER;

EID: 69249097341     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2206.1.1     Document Type: Article

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