Three sibling species of didemnid ascidians from northern Norway: Didemnum albidum (Verrill, 1871), Didemnum polare (Hartmeyer, 1903), and Didemnum romssae sp.nov

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 357-379

  Marks, Jessica A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1139/z96-043     Document Type: Article

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