Melitidae, the Melita group

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2260, 2009, Pages 718-735

  Lowry, J K ^a   Springthorpe, R T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Australia; Crustacea; Dulichiella pacifica; Great Barrier Reef; Melita group; Melita myersi; Melita sampsonae; Melitidae; New species; Taxonomy; Tegano atkinsae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; DULICHIELLA; MELITA; MELITIDAE;

EID: 70349908046     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.37     Document Type: Article

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