Three new species and one new genus of Farreidae are reported. The first, Farrea herdendorfi, is described from nearly undamaged specimens collected by robot submersible from the shipwreck of the S.S. 'Central America', 300km ESE of Charleston, S.C. The second, Farrea seiri , is described from a partial specimen obtained by dredge near the South East Indian Ridge in the Indian Ocean. The new genus and species Asceptrula axialis, is described from fragments collected by robot submersible from the Juan de Fuca Ridge, off northern Oregon.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.33754 |
Date | January 2002 |
Creators | Duplessis, Kirk. |
Contributors | Reiswig, Henry M. (advisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Biology.) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
Relation | alephsysno: 001872990, proquestno: MQ78871, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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