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A new species of Clausophyes (Siphonophorae, Clausophyidae), with a redescription of C. galeata and C. moserae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. R. Pugh
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5UB
F. Pagés
Affiliation:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Columbusstrafie, 2850 Bremerhaven, Germany

Extract

A new species of the genus Clausophyes (Siphonophora, Calycophora) is described from four anterior nectophores collected in the Southern Ocean. This species is distinguished from others in the genus by the presence of a large, undivided mouth plate on the anterior nectophore. However, in order to establish the distinctiveness of two other species in this genus, namely C. moserae and C. galeata, which a recent author has suggested should have only sub-specific ranking, the anterior and posterior nectophores of those species are redescribed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1993

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