A new squat lobster of the genus Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 525-532

  Macpherson, Enrique ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Galatheoidea; Morphology; New species

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; LOBSTER; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CRETE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GALATHEIDAE; GALATHEOIDEA; MUNIDOPSIS;

EID: 79960796955     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n3525     Document Type: Article

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