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Bathocyroe fosteri gen.nov., sp.nov.: a mesopelagic ctenophore observed and collected from a submersible

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

L. P. Madin  and
G. R. Harbison
L. P. Madin
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
G. R. Harbison
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
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Observations during four dives in the submersible ‘Alvin’ in June 1976 revealed that ctenophores were the most abundant large plankters between 400–700 m. From specimens collected with a slurp-gun device, Bathocyroe fosteri gen.nov., sp.nov., a species characterized by strong lobes, large auricles and red pigmentation of the gut, is described. Few ctenophores have been collected previously from deep water, but observations from submersibles indicate that several species occur throughout the mesopelagic zone.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , August 1978 , pp. 559 - 564
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978

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