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A New Platyctenid Ctenophore from Jamaica

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PLATYCTENID Ctenophores have now been discovered along the shores of Jamaica. This is the first record of these interesting forms from the West Indies, although related forms have been recorded from the coast of Florida1.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University College of the West Indies, Mona, St. Andrew, Jamaica, B.W.I

    JESSIE J. RANKIN

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RANKIN, J. A New Platyctenid Ctenophore from Jamaica. Nature 168, 1047 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1681047a0

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