Discovery of a new micro-pagurid fauna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea
International audience ; Six new monotypic genera and eight new species of hermit crabs of the family Paguridae Latreille, 1802 are fully described based on specimens obtained during two separate, intensive biodiversity studies on the islands of Guadeloupe, Curaçao, and Dominica in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea. The study in Guadeloupe utilized a broad variety of sampling techniques, including dredging, baited traps, and a SCUBA-operated vacuum device; in Curaçao and Dominica, a manned submersible was used. The high number of new taxa discovered is surprising given they were obtained in a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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Schlagwörter: | Micro-Paguridae / hermit crabs / Guadeloupe / Curaçao / Dominica / new genera / new species / [SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology / [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics / Phylogenetics and taxonomy |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26616643 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hal.science/hal-04006401 |