A Vertical Wall Dominated by Acesta excavata and Neopycnodonte zibrowii, Part of an Undersampled Group of Deep-Sea Habitats

Mark P. Johnson; Martin White; Annette Wilson; Laura Würzberg; Enrico Schwabe; Helka Folch; A. Louise Allcock

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079917

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A Vertical Wall Dominated by Acesta excavata and Neopycnodonte zibrowii, Part of an Undersampled Group of Deep-Sea Habitats

Mark P. Johnson,

Affiliation Ryan Institute and School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Martin White,

Affiliation Ryan Institute and School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Annette Wilson,

Affiliation Ryan Institute and School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Laura Würzberg,

Affiliation Biocenter Grindel and Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Enrico Schwabe,

Affiliation Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany
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Helka Folch,

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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A. Louise Allcock

* E-mail: louise.allcock@gmail.com

Affiliation Ryan Institute and School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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A Vertical Wall Dominated by Acesta excavata and Neopycnodonte zibrowii, Part of an Undersampled Group of Deep-Sea Habitats

Mark P. Johnson,
Martin White,
Annette Wilson,
Laura Würzberg,
Enrico Schwabe,
Helka Folch,
A. Louise Allcock

Published: November 18, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079917

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