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Ophiopluteus Ramousus, the larval form of Ophiocten gracilis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. A. Tyler
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP
J. D. Gage
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland, PA34 4AD

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1982

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