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Lithoglyptes cornutus, new species (Cirripedia: Acrothoracica), a boring barnacle from the Seychelles, with some data on its ultrastructure

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A new species of the Lithoglyptes from the Seychelles is described. The external morphology of the mantle sac and the body were examined under SEM. The position of a new species within Lithoglyptes and the ultrastructural characters of different species of this genus are discussed.

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  1. Department of Invertebrate Zoology (White Sea Biological Station), Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, 119899, Moscow, Russia

    Gregory A. Kolbasov

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Kolbasov, G.A. Lithoglyptes cornutus, new species (Cirripedia: Acrothoracica), a boring barnacle from the Seychelles, with some data on its ultrastructure. Hydrobiologia 438, 185–191 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004102926964

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