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Stygofauna of Oman, 1 A new freshwater stygobiont Cyathura (Isopoda, Anthuridae), from interstitia of coarse wadi sediments in Oman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

L. Botosaneanu
Affiliation:
Institute for Systematics and Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaun 64, 1018 DH GT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

A well-characterized new species of Cyathura (Stygocyathura) is described from the underflow of a wadi in Oman where a large population is present. Sixteen species have been attributed to this entirely stygobiont subgenus; they are either from the Caribbean - Gulf of Mexico region, or from the western Pacific, whereas a single species has been recorded from the realm of the Indian Ocean: C. (S.) milloti Chappuis, Delamare & Paulian from Réunion Island. The new species could be remotely related to C. (S.) milloti.

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Research Article
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© Université Paul Sabatier, 1997

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