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Cryptostylochus hullensis sp. nov. (Polycladida, Acotylea, Platyhelminthes): a possible case of transoceanic dispersal on a ship's hull
Faubel, A.; Gollasch, S. (1996). Cryptostylochus hullensis sp. nov. (Polycladida, Acotylea, Platyhelminthes): a possible case of transoceanic dispersal on a ship's hull. Helgol. Meeresunters. 50: 533-537
In: Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland: Hamburg. ISSN 0174-3597, more
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Keywords
    Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
    Cryptostylochus hullensis Faubel & Gollasch, 1996 [WoRMS]
    ANE, Germany, Bremerhaven [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Faubel, A., more
  • Gollasch, S.
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 genus Cryptostylochus Faubel, 1983, Cryptostylochus hullensis sp. nov.
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