Giant Higgins-larvae with paedogenetic reproduction from the deep sea of the Angola Basin ? evidence for a new life cycle and for abyssal gigantism in Loricifera?

2005/02/18 by Gunnar Gad, G GAD · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Abyssal zone #Biology #Deep sea #Ecology #Fishery #Geology #Gigantism #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Larva #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Oceanography #Paleontology #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Reproduction #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ode.2004.10.005

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Citations

• Polar gigantism dictated by oxygen availability
• An Introduction to Loricifera, Cycliophora, and Micrognathozoa

Cited by

• Urnaloricus gadi nov. gen. et nov. sp. (Loricifera, Urnaloricidae nov. fam.), an aberrant Loricifera with a viviparous pedogenetic life cycle
• Abyssal plain [wikipedia]