Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): Description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-325

  Borda, Elizabeth ^a,b   Kudenov, Jerry D ^c   Bienhold, Christina ^d   Rouse, Greg W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHINOME; AMPHINOMIDAE; ANNELIDA; EURYTHOE; GORGONACEA; HIPPONOA; LINOPHERUS; TURCICA;

EID: 84859844980     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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