The Atlantic Barrier Reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize III new marine Isopoda

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Series: Smithsonian contributions to the marine sciences, no. 24

By

Kensley, Brian Frederick

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

City of Washington Smithsonian Institution Press 1984

Notes

One new genus, Chalixanthura, and twenty-four new species of isopods are described and figured. These include Chalixanthura scopulosa, Eisothistos petrensis, Accalathura setosa, Apanthura cracenta, Pendanthura hendleri, Cymodoce ruetzleri, Dynamenella quadrilirata, Paracerceis cohenae, Paracerceis glynni, Metacirolana agaricicola, Metacirolana halia, Metacirolana menziesi, Gnathia rathi, Astacilla regina, Stenetrium bowmani, Stenetrium patulipalma, Stenetrium spathulicarpus, Bagatus punctatus, Angliera psamathus, Microcharon sabulum, Joeropsis bifasciatus, Joeropsis personatus, Munna petronastes, and Microcerberus syrticus. Figures and/or descriptions are also provided for Stenetrium minocule Menzies and Glynn, Stenetrium stebbingi Richardson, Joeropsis coralicola Schultz and McCloskey, and Joeropsis rathbunae Richardson. With a few exceptions, all material comes from the coral reef system at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Depth and ecological data, where available, are provided.

Subjects

Belize , Carrie Bow Cay , Classification , Crustacea , Isopoda

Call Number

QL444.M34 K43 1984

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/84600999
OCLC: 10532950