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Lamellibrachia anaximandri n. sp., a new vestimentiferan tubeworm (Annelida) from the Mediterranean, with notes on frenulate tubeworms from the same habitat

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  • 1. Marine Biological Association of the U.K., The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB (United Kingdom) eveuth@mba.ac.uk
  • 2. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Équipe Écophysiologie des Invertébrés marins and CNRS UMR 7144, Département Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu marin, Station biologique, B.P. 74, F-29682 Roscoff cedex (France) andersen@sb-roscoff.fr
  • 3. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Équipe Génétique et Adaptation aux Milieux extrêmes and CNRS UMR 7144, Département Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu marin, Station biologique, B.P. 74, F-29682 Roscoff cedex (France) hourdez@sb-roscoff.fr

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Southward, Eve C., Andersen, Ann C., Hourdez, Stéphane (2011): Lamellibrachia anaximandri n. sp., a new vestimentiferan tubeworm (Annelida) from the Mediterranean, with notes on frenulate tubeworms from the same habitat. Zoosystema 33 (3): 245-279, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n3a1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2011n3a1

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