The anthomedusan fauna of the Japan Trench: Preliminary results from in situ surveys with manned and unmanned vehicles

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1519-1539

  Lindsay, Dhugal ^a   Pagès, Francesc ^b   Corbera, Jordi ^c   Miyake, Hiroshi ^a,d   Hunt, James C ^e   Ichikawa, Tadafumi ^f   Segawa, Kyohei ^f,g   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c Kitasato University ^*  (Spain)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

anthomedusae; cnidaria; mesopelagic; ROV; submersible; taxonomy; VPR

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SUBMERSIBLE; TAXONOMY;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOMEDUSAE; CALYCOPSIS; CALYCOPSIS NEMATOPHORA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; EUPHYSA JAPONICA; PANDEA RUBRA;

EID: 67049129291     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408002051     Document Type: Article

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