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A new species of Halistemma (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Agalmidae) collected by submersible

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. R. Pugh  and
M. J. Youngbluth
P. R. Pugh
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 5UB
M. J. Youngbluth
Affiliation:
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, 5600 Old Dixie Highway, Fort Pierce, Florida 33450, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A new species of physonect siphonophore, Halistemma transliratum sp. nov., is described from two specimens collected at mesopelagic depths in Bahamian waters by the submersibles ‘Johnson-Sea-Link’ I and II, and comparisons are made with the established species of that genus.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 1 - 14
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1988

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