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Kirkpatrick, P.A.;  Pugh, P.R. - Siphonophores and Velellids (Synopses of the British Fauna 29)

Title: Siphonophores and Velellids (Synopses of the British Fauna 29)
Description: Brill/Backhuys 1984 154, 69 plates of line drawings + text figs. . PB. Minor spotting to edges of text block. Vg.. Portuguese man-o'war Physalia is often regarded as the only British siphonophore. Most of the fragile, beautiful and anatomically complex siphonophores are members of the plankton, seldom seen as complete organisms but nearly always as transparent fragments in plankton samples. This Synopsis contains full accounts of the 55 species of siphonophore which have been found in British and Irish waters, along with the only British velellid, the 'Jack sail-by-the-wind' (Velella velella).. [9789004074705]

Keywords: Britain; Hydrozoa; Identification Keys; Marine Invertebrates

Price: GBP 15.00 = appr. US$ 21.42 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S58567

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