REDISCOVERY OF CYMODOCELLA-ALGOENSE FROM SOUTH-AFRICA (CRUSTACEA, ISOPODA, SPHAEROMATIDAE)

Authors
KENSLEY B BURSEY M
Citation
B. Kensley et M. Bursey, REDISCOVERY OF CYMODOCELLA-ALGOENSE FROM SOUTH-AFRICA (CRUSTACEA, ISOPODA, SPHAEROMATIDAE), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(1), 1996, pp. 91-96
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
109
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
91 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1996)109:1<91:ROCFS(>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The tiny sphaeromatid isopod Cymodocella algoense, which is characteri zed by a bulbous tubular posterior pleotelson, is rediscovered 120 yea rs after having been described from a single specimen from Algoa Bay. The new material was collected from the delta of the Nahoon River on t he east coast of South Africa.