A new species of Spiochaetopterus (Chaetopteridae: polychaeta) from the Iheya Seamount off Okinawa in east China Sea, Japan

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-294

  Nishi, Eijiroh ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; POLYCHAETE;

EAST CHINA SEA; IHEYA RIDGE; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANNELIDA; CHAETOPTERIDAE; POLYCHAETA; PYRUS; SPIOCHAETOPTERUS;

EID: 49549085464     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/06-30.1     Document Type: Article

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