The morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic gastropod Bathyberthella antarctica (Opisthobranchia, Notaspidea, Pleurobranchidae) |
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| Authors: | HEIKE WÄ GELE,RICHARD C. WILLAN |
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| Affiliation: | Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensforschung, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany.;Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, GPO Box 4646, Darwin, Northern Territory, 0801, Australia. |
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| Abstract: | The external morphology, anatomy and histology of the Antarctic notaspidean Bathyberthella antarctica Willan & Bertsch, 1987 is described and the intraspecific variability presented. The species is compared with the only other known pleurobranch from the high Antarctic zone, Tomthompsonia antarctica (Thiele, 1912). |
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