New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
New Zealand nemertines from kelp holdfasts: Hoplonemertinea
1. Nipponnemertes sanguinea sp. n.
NATHAN W. RISER
Marine Science Center
Northeastern University
Nahant, MA 01908, USA
Abstract A
new hoplonemertean species belonging to the
genus
Nipponnemertes is described from kelp holdfasts washed up on two
New Zealand beaches following a major tropical storm. The new species is
characterised by the presence of circulating erythrocytes and the presence of
distinctive "nuage-like" material in oocytes.
Keywords Nipponnemertes sanguinea sp. n.; morphology;
erythrocytes; nuage; New Zealand; Nemertinea
Z97037
Received 21 October 1997; accepted 26 February 1998
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