Stellamedusa ventana, a new mesopelagic scyphomedusa from the eastern Pacific representing a new subfamily, the Stellamedusinae

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-42

  Raskoff, K A ^a   Matsumoto, G I ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

COELENTERATA; CYDIPPIDA; HYDROIDA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 1042291006     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404008884h     Document Type: Article

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