Massinium, a new genus in the family Phyllophoridae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) with description of a new south-west Indian Ocean species M. maculosum

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-142

  Samyn, Yves ^a   Thandar, Ahmed S ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Holothuroidea; Massinium gen nov; Massinium maculosum sp. nov.; Phyllophoridae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

DENDROCHIROTIDA; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PHYLLOPHORIDAE;

EID: 0345907952     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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