A new species of Leucothoid Amphipod, Anamixis bananarama, sp. n., from Shallow Coral Reefs in French Polynesia (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Leucothoidae)

ZooKeys

Volumn 92, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-8

  Thomas, James Darwin ^a   Krapp Schickel, Traudl ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Coral reefs; French Polynesia; Leucothoidae; Sponge

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ANAMIXIS; ANTHOZOA; CRUSTACEA; LEUCOTHOIDAE;

EID: 79959945449     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.92.1036     Document Type: Article

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