TY - JOUR
T1 - Branchiura - A compendium of the geographical distribution and a summary of their biology
AU - Neethling, Lourelle A.M.
AU - Avenant-Oldewage, Annemariè
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This is a compendium of current knowledge about the crustacean subclass Branchiura Thorell, 1864. An overview of the group is presented, starting from the first species description, and reports of taxonomic changes. It also provides a condensed retrospect of each genus and includes the characteristics of each genus, the geographical distribution of each species arranged according to occurrence per continent; and aspects of the anatomy, physiology, host-parasite interactions and phylogeny are discussed. In order to condense the information available on members of the subclass, additional literature sources on each aspect are tabulated. The species lists provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) were used as a starting point as these were the most comprehensive currently available.
AB - This is a compendium of current knowledge about the crustacean subclass Branchiura Thorell, 1864. An overview of the group is presented, starting from the first species description, and reports of taxonomic changes. It also provides a condensed retrospect of each genus and includes the characteristics of each genus, the geographical distribution of each species arranged according to occurrence per continent; and aspects of the anatomy, physiology, host-parasite interactions and phylogeny are discussed. In order to condense the information available on members of the subclass, additional literature sources on each aspect are tabulated. The species lists provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) were used as a starting point as these were the most comprehensive currently available.
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U2 - 10.1163/15685403-00003597
DO - 10.1163/15685403-00003597
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84994353664
SN - 0011-216X
VL - 89
SP - 1243
EP - 1446
JO - Crustaceana
JF - Crustaceana
IS - 11-12
ER -