A new cryptic species of Neanthes (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Nereididae) from Singapore confused with Neanthes glandicincta Southern, 1921 and Ceratonereis (Composetia) burmensis (Monro, 1937)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-95

  Lee, Yen Ling ^a   Glasby, Christopher J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

New species; Polychaete; Ragworm; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944071446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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