Distribution and diversity of the Opheliidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) on the continental shelf and slope of Iceland, with a review of the genus Ophelina in northeast Atlantic waters and description of two new species

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-105

  Parapar, Julio ^a   Moreira, Juan ^b,c   Helgason, Gudmundur V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Annelida; BIOICE project; Deep sea; GIF Ridge; Ophelina; SEM; Taxonomy. New species

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; FJORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; POLYCHAETE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ICELAND; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

AMMOTRYPANELLA; ANNELIDA; ARMANDIA; EUZONUS; OPHELIA LIMACINA; OPHELIIDAE; OPHELINA; OPHELINA ABRANCHIATA; OPHELINA ACUMINATA; OPHELINA CYLINDRICAUDATA; POLYCHAETA; POLYOPHTHALMUS; TACHYTRYPANE;

EID: 80052673106     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0046-2     Document Type: Article

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