Two new species of chaetognatha from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 208-214

  Nair, Vijayalakshmi R ^a   Panampunnayil, Saramma U ^a   Pillai, Honey U K ^a   Gireesh, Raghavan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; Chaetognatha; Indian Ocean; New species

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; CHAETOGNATHA; KROHNITTA; SAGITTA;

EID: 45849090367     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000701696260     Document Type: Article

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