Open AccessA check-list of Oniscidea (Isopoda, Crustacea) from Dobruja (Romania)
Author(s) -
Andrei Giurginca,
B Srecko Curcic
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1821-4339
pISSN - 0354-4664
DOI - 10.2298/abs0302039g
Subject(s) - isopoda , fauna , crustacean , ecology , affinities , biology , zoology , mediterranean climate , geography , biochemistry
The authors record 41 species of Oniscidea in Dobruja belonging to 10 families and emphasize two main characteristics of the Isopod fauna from this region: a high degree of endemicity and the affinities with the East Mediterranean living world manifested by the presence of species belonging to the genera Monocyphoniscus, Leptotrichus, Caucasonethes and Kithironiscus