Description of Jubanyella plemmyris gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) from a specimen stranded off Jubany Antarctic station, with a new diagnosis for the family Aeginidae

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 959-963

  Fuentes, Verónica ^a,b   Pagès, Francesc ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; POTTER COVE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AEGINIDAE; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROZOA; NARCOMEDUSAE;

EID: 33749647024     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl025     Document Type: Article

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