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A New Record of Brittle Star Ophiopsila cf. polyacantha (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Southwestern Japan, with Notes on its Bioluminescence

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  • 1. Misaki Marine Biological Station, Department of Science, The University of Tokyo, 1024 Koajiro, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan E-mail: mokanishi@tezuru-mozuru.com & Corresponding author
  • 2. International Center for Island Studies, Kagoshima University, 15-1-6F Naze-Minatomachi, Amami, Kagoshima 894-0026, Japan

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Okanishi, Masanori, Fujii, Takuma (2020): A New Record of Brittle Star Ophiopsila cf. polyacantha (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Southwestern Japan, with Notes on its Bioluminescence. Species Diversity 25: 283-294, DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.25.283

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