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The Functional Morphology and Geographical Distribution of Planktomya Henseni, a Supposed Neotenous Pelagic Bivalve11

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

John A. Allen
Affiliation:
Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats, North Shields, Northumberland, U.K., and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 02540
Rudolf S. Scheltema
Affiliation:
Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats, North Shields, Northumberland, U.K., and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 02540

Extract

Planktomya henseni Simroth 1896 is a pelagic bivalve widely distributed throughout the warm-temperate and tropical North and South Atlantic Ocean. It is also known from a single collection in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The geographical distribution of Planktomya is probably circumtropical.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1972

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