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The Amphipoda of Sea City, Kuwait.—The Senticaudata (Crustacea)

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland.
La Ala Al Kuwait Real Estate Co. K.S.C., `Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City ´ Environmental Dept., Souk Al Kuwait, 6th. Floor, Office No. 613, P.O. Box 22964, Safat, 13090, Kuwait
Crustacea Amphipoda Kuwait new species

Abstract

Thirteen species of Amphipoda Senticaudata were collected in Sea City, Kuwait using a Van Veen grab and an Ocklemann sledge. Of these seven species were new to science and are described and figured in this contribution.

 

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