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Issue: Vol. 1009 No. 1: 17 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1009.1.1
Page range: 1–14
Abstract views: 54
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New species of Acoela (Acoelomorpha) from the Gulf of California

Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Maine, 5751 Murray Hall, Orono, ME, 04469-5751, USA
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Maine, 5751 Murray Hall, Orono, ME, 04469-5751, USA
Platyhelminthes Meiofauna turbellarians interstitial Haplogonaria Isodiametra Praeaphanostoma

Abstract

From a survey of interstitial acoel flatworms at San Felipe Bay, Baja California, Mexico, the new species Haplogonaria amarilla sp. nov. (Haploposthiidae), Isodiametra bajaensis sp. nov. (Isodiametridae), Praeaphanostoma gusana sp. nov. (Isodiametridae) are described.

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