A new stalked species of Polycarpa (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from deeper waters of the tropical Western Pacific and in situ observations on sympatric species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1744, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Sanamyan, Karen ^a   Hissmann, Karen ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathyoncus; Commensals; Culeolus; Deep water; Indonesia; Pterygascidia; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CULEOLUS; POLYCARPA; STYELIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 42449161856     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1744.1.4     Document Type: Article

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