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Two new records of Planctosphaera larvae (Hemichordata: Planctosphaeroidea)

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Two specimens of the rarely found Planctosphaera larva have been taken in the North Atlantic near Challenger Bank north of the Azores and in the North Equatorial Current, latitude 19°33′ N, longitude 40°01′ W.

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    Present address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

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    Communicated by G. L. Voss, Miami

    This research was supported by Grant 6027-X from the U.S. National Science Fonndation and is Contribution No. 2380 from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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    Scheltema, R.S. Two new records of Planctosphaera larvae (Hemichordata: Planctosphaeroidea). Marine Biology 7, 47–48 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346807

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