A New Species of Deepwater Worm-eel, Muraenichthys profundorum(Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the Nazca Ridge.

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  • ナスカ海嶺より得られた深海性ミミズアナゴ科魚類の1新種

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Abstract A new species of deepwater eastern Pacific worm-eel, Muraenichthys profundorum, subgen Scolecenchelys, is described from a specimen trawled at 310m on the Nazca Ridge. It is the deepe capture of any known Muraenichthys. The new species is distinguished from its closest relatives in havin more vertebrae and slightly different body and head morphometry. The distribution of eastern Pacif Muraenichthys is the result of eastward dispersal along the southeastern margin of the Indo-west Pacif Plate. Taxonomic actions concerning the species of Muraenichthys are reviewe

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  • CRID
    1390282679738584704
  • NII Article ID
    130003826495
  • DOI
    10.11369/jji1950.42.231
  • ISSN
    18847374
    00215090
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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