Rediscovery of the elpidiid holothurian Peniagone horrifer (Elasipodida, Holothuroidea: Echinodermata) in the southern Indian Ocean

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-245

  Cross, Ian A ^a   Gebruk, Andrey ^b   Billett, David ^a   Rogacheva, Antonina ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Abyssal sub Antarctic; Deep sea holothurian; Elpidiidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ECHINODERM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; SPECIMEN BANK; TAXONOMY;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES;

ECHINODERMATA; ELASIPODIDA; ELPIDIIDAE; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PENIAGONE;

EID: 84860917837     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-012-0111-x     Document Type: Article

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