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Chlamydotheca mexicana Sharpe, 1903

ostracodo, Ostracod

temporary freshwater pools

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Ostracoda

Order
Ord. Ostracoda indet.

Family
Limnocytheridae

Genus
Chlamydotheca

Species
mexicana

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Peck, S.B. (1994) Diversity and zoogeography of the non-oceanic Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (excluding terrestrial Isopoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 54-69.

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