First description of deep-sea polyclad flatworms from the North Pacific: Anocellidus n. gen. profundus n. sp. (Anocellidae, n. fam.) and Oligocladus voightae n. sp. (Euryleptidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1317, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Quiroga, Sigmer Y ^a   Bolaños, D Marcela ^a   Litvaitis, Marian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acotylea; Cascadia Basin; Cotylea; Deep sea turbellarians; Escanaba Trough

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ACOTYLEA; ALISMATACEAE; BIVALVIA; COTYLEA; EURYLEPTIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33749348641     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1317.1.1     Document Type: Article

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