Distribution and species identification in the crustacean isopod genus Dynamene Leach, 1814 along the North East Atlantic-Black Sea axis

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Vieira, Pedro E., Queiroga, Henrique, Costa, Filipe O., Holdich, David M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2016
• Subjects: Dynamene; Crustacea; Isopoda; Sphaeromatidae; Identification; Distribution; Science & Technology; Bia; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/50362; https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.635.10240

Sphaeromatid isopods, such as Dynamene, are common and abundant members of the invertebrate fauna of littoral and shallow sublittoral substrates. Six species of Dynamene occur in the northern hemisphere. Only two species exist outside this range, in Australia. The distribution of the various species...