SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE STUDIES OF RUGOSITIES, CUTICULAR MICROSTRUCTURES OF TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN AMPHIPOD FAMILY NEONIPHARGIDAE (AMPHIPODA)

Authors
BRADBURY MR BRADBURY JH WILLIAMS WD
Citation
Mr. Bradbury et al., SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE STUDIES OF RUGOSITIES, CUTICULAR MICROSTRUCTURES OF TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN AMPHIPOD FAMILY NEONIPHARGIDAE (AMPHIPODA), Crustaceana, 71, 1998, pp. 603-614
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Zoology
Journal title
Crustaceana → ACNP
ISSN journal
0011216X
Volume
71
Year of publication
1998
Part
6
Pages
603 - 614
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-216X(1998)71:<603:SESORC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Representative taxa of Australian freshwater amphipod families were ex amined to determine the taxonomic significance of rugosities, microset ae on the gnathopods and maxillipedal palps. Eighteen species of twelv e genera in four families were examined with both light and scanning e lectron microscopes. Unique palmate microsetae, rugosities, were found to be specific to the Neoniphargidae Bousfield, 1977.