A new mesopelagic larvacean, Mesochordaeus erythrocephalus, sp. nov., from Monterey Bay, with a description of its filtering house

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1923-1937

  Hopcroft, Russell R ^a,b   Robison, Bruce H ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANKTON;

FEEDING MECHANISM; FILTER FEEDER; NEW SPECIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); BATHOCHORDAEUS; MESOCHORDAEUS; MESOCHORDAEUS ERYTHROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0032703503     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.10.1923     Document Type: Article

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