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A New Species of Ochetostoma (Echiura, Echiuridae) Found in the Azores With Notes on its Ecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Alex D. Rogers  and
Richard D.M. Nash
Alex D. Rogers
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB
Richard D.M. Nash
Affiliation:
Port Erin Marine Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Port Erin, Isle of Man
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INTRODUCTION

Approximately 145 species of the phylum Echiura have been described to the present date (Popkov, 1992). Since Stephen & Edmonds' (1972) monograph detailing the known species of Echiura, few new species have been described. The majority of these have been members of the family Bonelliidae from the deep-sea (i.e. Murina, 1976, 1978; DattaGupta, 1977,1981; Biseswar, 1992) with a few exceptions (e.g. Thalassema malakhovi in Popkov, 1992 and Ochetostoma natalense in Biseswar, 1988).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , May 1996 , pp. 467 - 478
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1996

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