New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
A new echiuran species Thalassema malakhovi (Echiura) from New Zealand
DMITRY V. POPKOV
Moscow State University Faculty of Biology Department of Hydrobiology Lenin Hills, Moscow 119899, Russia
*;Present address: Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Benthos, Krasikov Street 23, Moscow 117218, Russia.
Abstract
A new echiuran
Thalassema malakhovi, collected at 20 m depth off the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, is described. The possibility of using the structure of the nephrostome for subgrouping
Thalassema species is discussed. The generic diagnosis of
Thalassema Pallas is given.
Keywords Echiura; Thalassematidae; Thalassema malakhovi; nephrostome; New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1992, Vol. 26:379-383 The Royal Society of New Zealand 1992
Received 14 January 1992; accepted 10 July 1992
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