Exploration of the egg shell structure of three Neotropical Eulimnadia species: A new insight into genus taxonomy (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata)

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-226

  Rabet, Nicolas ^a,b   Godinho, Leandro B ^b   Montero, David ^c   Lacau, Sébastien ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 2482   (France)

Author keywords

biogeography; egg shell; morphology; resting egg; SEM; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA; EULIMNADIA; EULIMNADIA COLOMBIENSIS; EULIMNADIA GEAYI; SPINICAUDATA;

EID: 84871180807     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2012.711967     Document Type: Article

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