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Didemnum bentarti (Chordata: Tunicata) a new species from the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica

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A new Antarctic species belonging to the genus Didemnum is described. The material was collected during the BENTART-03 cruise through the Bellingshausen Sea. The geographic and bathymetric distribution of the known Didemnum species from Antarctic and Subantarctic regions and a tabular key for the identification of these species are summarized.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Ana Ramos, the responsible scientists of the cruise, Ignacio Olaso and Marcos Tatián for their help and comments. The work was carried out under a research fellowship from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain.

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  1. Centro de Investigaciones Marinas de Santa Pola (CIMAR), Universidad de Alicante (Spain), Carretera San Vicente s/n Apdo. 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain

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Varela, M.M., Ramos-Esplá, A. Didemnum bentarti (Chordata: Tunicata) a new species from the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biol 31, 209–213 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-007-0348-1

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