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Issue: Vol. 2260 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.11
Page range: 285–289
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 19

Bolttsiidae

School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Crustacea Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Crustacea Amphipoda Bolttsiidae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Bolttsia myersi

Abstract

The family Bolttsiidae is reported for the first time outside of Africa. Bolttsia myersi is described from among mangrove roots at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

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