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Published: 2008-07-16
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Convolutidae (Acoela) from the Andaman Sea

Department of Ultrastructural Research and Evolutionary Biology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, 5751 Murray Hall, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Acoelomorpha Turbellaria flatworms meiofauna Thailand Myanmar

Abstract

Convolutidae from shallow marine sediments, including three new species, are reported from the Andaman Sea: Amphiscolops sp., Amphiscolops potocani sp. nov., Convoluta schueli sp. nov., Convoluta niphoni sp. nov., and Picola renei.

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