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Two new species of cranchiid cephalopod from the North Atlantic, Uranoteuthis bilucifer n.gen., n.sp. and Galiteuthis triluminosa n.sp

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. C. Lu
Affiliation:
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada and The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
M. R. Clarke
Affiliation:
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada and The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth

Extract

Two new species of cranchiid cephalopod are described. These were both collected by opening-closing midwater trawls (RMTs) when vertical series were fished in the North Atlantic from R.R.S. ‘Discovery’.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1974

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