Origin and biogeography of the deep-water Mediterranean Hydromedusae including the description of two new species collected in submarine canyons of Northwestern Mediterranean

Origin and biogeography of the deep-water Mediterranean Hydromedusae including the description of two new species collected in submarine canyons of Northwestern Mediterranean

Two new species of hydromedusae (Foersteria antoniae and Cunina simplex) are described from plankton collected in sediment traps placed in the Lacaze-Duthiers Submarine Canyon and along Banyuls-sur-Mer coast (northwestern Mediterranean). The Mediterranean hydromedusan deep-water fauna contains 41 sp...

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Main Authors: J. M. Gili, J. Bouillon, F. Pages, A. Palanques, P. Puig, S. Heussner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 1998-06-01
Series:Scientia Marina
Subjects:
hydromedusae
submarine canyons
western mediterranean
sediment traps
deep-sea fauna
biodiversity
solmissus
rhopalonematidae new diagnosis
foersteria antoniae
cunina simplex
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