A New Population of the Amphioxus (Branchiostoma belcheri) in the Enshu-Nada Sea in Japan

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 799-803

  Kubokawa, Kaoru ^a   Azuma, Nobuyuki ^b   Tomiyama, Minoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aichi Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

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EID: 0032275299     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.799     Document Type: Article

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