Summer Meroplanktonic Prosobranch Larvae Occurring off Beaufort, North Carolina

Autor: Catherine Thiriot-Quievreux
Rok vydání: 1983
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Zdroj: Estuaries. 6:387
ISSN: 0160-8347
DOI: 10.2307/1351398
Popis: The occurrence of planktonic prosobranch larvae identified during the summers of 1977, 1979 and 1981 off Beaufort, North Carolina is given. Forty-two species were recorded; 29 of these were found each summer. Observations and identifications were made on 12 newly described larvae: Lacuna sp, Epitonium sp. 1 (apiculatum), Epitonium sp. 2, Strombus alatus, Erato maugeriae, Simnia acicularis, Natica sp. 1, Natica sp, 2, Natica sp. 3, Natica sp. 4, Olivella adelae, Mangelia sp. and Sp.? Turridae. A key for the identification of planktonic prosobranch veligers occuring in summer months is included.
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