Archives of Biological Sciences (Jan 2003)

A check-list of Oniscidea (Isopoda, Crustacea) from Dobruja (Romania)

  • Giurginca A.,
  • Ćurčić Srećko B.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS0302039G
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55, no. 1-2
pp. 39 – 44

Abstract

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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.