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Cryptostylochus hullensis sp. nov. (Polycladida, Acotylea, Platyhelminthes): A possible case of transoceanic dispersal on a ship’s hull
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen volume 50, pages 533–537 (1996)
Abstract
In July 1993, the car carrier “Faust” entered Bremerhaven after a voyage from the North-American Atlantic coast to Europe. In a dockyard, five living specimens of the order Polycladida were collected from the hull of the ship. This could be a possible case of trans-atlantic dispersal of plathelminths living as fouling organisms of ships. The specimens found represent a new species of the genusCryptostylochus Faubel, 1983,Cryptostylochus hullensis sp. nov.
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Faubel, A., Gollasch, S. Cryptostylochus hullensis sp. nov. (Polycladida, Acotylea, Platyhelminthes): A possible case of transoceanic dispersal on a ship’s hull. Helgolander Meeresunters 50, 533–537 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02367165
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