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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  and
M. R. Clarke
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
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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’.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , November 1974 , pp. 985 - 994
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1974

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