Podocerus chelonophilus, a Testudinous Amphipod Newly Recorded from the Western Atlantic Ocean

Authors

James Darwin Thomas, Smithsonian InstitutionFollow
J. L. Barnard, Smithsonian Institution

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1992

Publication Title

Bulletin of Marine Science

ISSN

0007-4977

Volume

50

Issue/No.

1

First Page

108

Last Page

116

Abstract

Podocerus chelonophilus (=P. cheloniae), an amphipod inhabiting the carapace of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, is reported for the first time from the western Atlantic Ocean.

Additional Comments

NSF grant #: 8515186BSR

NSUWorks Citation

James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard. 1992. Podocerus chelonophilus, a Testudinous Amphipod Newly Recorded from the Western Atlantic Ocean .Bulletin of Marine Science , (1) : 108 -116. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/586.