The intertidal Fortuyniidae (Acari: Oribatida): New species, morphological diversity, ecology and biogeography

Zootaxa

Volumn 3957, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 351-382

  Pfingstl, Tobias ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Juveniles; Maldives; Plastron; Singapore; Thalassobiontic

Indexed keywords

ACARI; FORTUYNIA; FORTUYNIA ROTUNDA; ORIBATIDA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MITE; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MITES; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84931324631     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.4.1     Document Type: Article

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