The paramesochrid fauna of the Great Meteor Seamount (Northeast Atlantic) including the description of a new species of Scottopsyllus (Intermedopsyllus) Kunz (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Paramesochridae)

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-289

  Plum, Christoph ^a   George, Kai Horst ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; Distribution patterns; Meiofauna; Scottopsyllus (Intermedius) antoniae; Seamounts; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CRUSTACEAN; FAUNISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEIOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SEAMOUNT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT METEOR SEAMOUNT;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMESOCHRIDAE; SCOTTOPSYLLUS;

EID: 77949658474     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-009-0022-7     Document Type: Article

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