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Issue: Vol. 2667 No. 1: 4 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2667.1.5
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 2

First record of Hyalascus (Hexactinellida: Rossellidae) from the Indian Ocean, with description of a new species from a volcanic seamount in the Andaman Sea

National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, INDIA
Institute of Oceanology Ac. of Sc. of Russia, Nahimovsky 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia
National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, INDIA
Porifera Hexactinellida Hyalascus new species seamount Back-arc Basin Andaman Sea Indian Ocean

Abstract

A new species of Hyalascus is described from the submarine volcanic crater seamount of Andaman Back-arc Basin, Indian Ocean. The genus was previously known in the Pacific Ocean only.

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