This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Diaz, Analía R., Álvarez, Victor Hugo Merlo, Damborenea, Cristina (2017): Type material housed in the Carcinological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. Zootaxa 4303 (1): 88-102, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.5
Abstract
The Carcinological Collection of División Zoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata (FCNyM-UNLP) includes of 110 type lots of 42 species. A list of types of the crustacean orders Anostraca (8 species), Diplostraca (5 species), Arguloida (3 species), Cyclopoida (1 species), Poecilostomatoida (8 species), Siphonostomatoida (2 species), Podocopida (4 species), Amphipoda (2 species), Isopoda (2 species), Mysida (2 species) and Decapoda (5 species) is presented. Species names are listed in systematical order, including type locality, collection number, current taxonomic status and original bibliographic reference. For parasite and commensal species, type host and site of infection are also provided.
Key words: Crustacea, catalogue, type material, Museo de La Plata
Diaz A R, Álvarez V H M, Damborenea C, plazi (2017). Type material housed in the Carcinological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-20.
