Female description of the hydrothermal vent cephalopod Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 375-379

  Gonzalez A F ^a   Guerra, A ^a   Pascual, S ^a   Segonzac, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Cephalopods; Female description; Hydrothermal vent; Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MORPHOLOGY; SAMPLING; SPERM; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BATHYPOLYPUS; BENTHOCTOPUS; CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPODA; VULCANOCTOPUS HYDROTHERMALIS;

EID: 41149119841     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000647     Document Type: Article

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