A new species of Litarachna Walter, 1925 (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the West Indian Coast, with a discussion on the diversity of the family Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 547-553

  Pešić, Vladimir ^a   Chatterjee, Tapas ^b   Ingole, Baban ^c   Velip, Dhillan ^c   Pavićević, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF LEARNING   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Indian ocean; Litarachna; New species

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITE; NEW SPECIES; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

ACARI; HYDRACARINA; PONTARACHNIDAE;

EID: 84868009614     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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