Deep-sea ctenostome bryozoans: revision of the family Pachyzoidae, with description of a new genus and three new species from Zealandia

Abstract Pachyzoidae is a little-known family of deep-sea ctenostome Bryozoa that until now was monospecific for Pachyzoon atlanticum. Originally described from the Atlantic Ocean, the genus was also found off southeastern New Caledonia in deep waters of the geological continent of Zealandia. Pachyz...

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Main Authors: Thomas Schwaha, Dennis P. Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-02-01
Series:Zoological Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-024-00226-z