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Two new species of Heterokrohnia (Chaetognatha) from Antarctic waters

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Two new species of the genus Heterokrohnia, H. longidentata and H. fragilis, are described and compared with the other three known Heterokrohnia species, H. mirabilis Ritter-Záhony 1911; H. bathybia Marumo and Kitou 1966 and H. involucrum Dawson 1968. The species have been found at great depths (1,000 m–2,000 m) near Elephant Island, north of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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  1. Taxonomische Arbeitsgruppe der Biologischen Anstalt Helgoland, Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    Helga Kapp

  2. Institut für Polarökologie, Universität Kiel, Physikzentrum, Olshausenstrasse 40-60, D-2300, Kiel 1, Germany

    Wilhelm Hagen

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Kapp, H., Hagen, W. Two new species of Heterokrohnia (Chaetognatha) from Antarctic waters. Polar Biol 4, 53–59 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286817

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