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Stereobalanus, a Genus New to the Old World

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DURING a faunistic survey of all the lochs on the west coast of Scotland from Cape Wrath to the Solway, several pieces and some whole specimens of a golden yellow enteropneust were discovered in bottom samples taken with a 1/10 Van Veen grab (Fig. 1). The geographical location and bathymetric distribution of these specimens are given in Table 1.

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BURDON-JONES, C., McINTYRE, A. Stereobalanus, a Genus New to the Old World. Nature 186, 491–492 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186491b0

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