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Occurrence of the interstitial nemertean Ototyphlonemertes duplex (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea) in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park (Mediterranean, south-east Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2014

Alfonso Herrera-Bachiller  and
Juan Junoy
Alfonso Herrera-Bachiller
Affiliation:
EU-US Marine Biodiversity Research Group, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida and Instituto Franklin, Universidad de Alcalá, AP 20 Campus Universitario, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Juan Junoy*
Affiliation:
EU-US Marine Biodiversity Research Group, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida and Instituto Franklin, Universidad de Alcalá, AP 20 Campus Universitario, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Junoy, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain email: juan.junoy@uah.es
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Abstract

The interstitial hoplonemertean Ototyphlonemertes duplex, originally described from Naples, is collected for the first time on the Spanish Mediterranean coast at the Cabo de Gata Natural Park (Mediterranean, south-east Spain). Morphological data and pictures of this species are provided.

Keywords

NemerteaOtotyphlonemertes duplexnew recordMediterraneanSpainCabo de Gata Natural Park
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e126
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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