Systematics of the ophidiid genus Spectrunculus (teleostei: Ophidiiformes) with resurrection of S. crassus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages 542-551

  Uiblein, Franz ^a   Nielsen, Jørgen G ^b   Møller, Peter R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLOR MORPH; EEL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

OPHIDIIDAE; OPHIDIIFORMES; SPECTRUNCULUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 53549132809     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CI-07-027     Document Type: Article

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