On a new species of apodid, Taeniogyrus magnibaculus n. sp. (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea), from Antarctica, living on the spines of cidarid echinoids

The present paper describes a new apodid holothuroid living on the spines of cidarid echinoids, This new species is characterised by large ossicles and especially by huge rods in the tentacles. A table summarises the characteristics of the known Taeniogyrus species. © Springer-Verlag 2004. SCOPUS: a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Massin, Claude, Heterier, Vincent
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2004
Subjects:
Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Biology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/232054
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Summary:The present paper describes a new apodid holothuroid living on the spines of cidarid echinoids, This new species is characterised by large ossicles and especially by huge rods in the tentacles. A table summarises the characteristics of the known Taeniogyrus species. © Springer-Verlag 2004. SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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