First report of the enigmatic echinoderm Xyloplax from the North Pacific

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-80

  Voight, Janet R ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); WORLD;

ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; XYLOPLAX; XYLOPLAX TURNERAE;

EID: 17844364229     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3593115     Document Type: Article

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