New deep-water records of cocoons of undescribed species of Fecampidae from Antarctica to the Bay of Biscay (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela)
Fiege, D.; Zibrowius, H.; Arnaud, P.M. (2007). New deep-water records of cocoons of undescribed species of Fecampidae from Antarctica to the Bay of Biscay (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Rhabdocoela). Senckenb. Biol. 87(1): 1-6
In: Senckenbergiana Biologica. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung/Senckenberg Natural History Society/Verlag Waldemar Kramer: Frankfurt am Main. ISSN 0037-2102, more
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- Fiege, D.
- Zibrowius, H., more
- Arnaud, P.M.
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| Abstract |
Tubiform cocoons of various shapes are described and illustrated from deep-water localities from Antarctic and Subantarctic regions (South Shetland and Kerguelen Islands) and from the NE Atlantic (Bay of Biscay). They are referred to undescribed species of Kronborgia Christensen & Kanneworff 1964. Thus the geographical and bathymetrical distribution of several fecampiid turbellarians parasitizing crustaceans is considerably extended. Moreover, a new type of short "sausage-shaped" cocoon is described from Antarctica (Weddell Sea) with its size and shape lending support to the possible distinction of a new fecampiid genus. |
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