New species of the genus Photonectes (Melanostomiidae) with blue luminous tissue on the body
- Authors: Prokofiev A.M.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE)
- Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IO)
- Issue: Vol 56, No 4 (2016)
- Pages: 613-615
- Section: Brief Communications
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0032-9452/article/view/166591
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S003294521604010X
- ID: 166591
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Abstract
Photonectes venetaenia sp. n., which differs from the closely related species by the pattern of blue luminous tissue on the body, the barbel with a short stem but a long filament, and other traits, was described from the equatorial waters of the western Pacific Ocean.
About the authors
A. M. Prokofiev
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE); Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IO)
Author for correspondence.
Email: prokartster@gmail.com
Russian Federation, pr. Leninskii 33, Moscow, 119071; pr. Nakhimovskii 36, Moscow, 117997
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