Not All Ctenophores Are Bioluminescent: Pleurobrachia
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Not All Ctenophores Are Bioluminescent: Pleurobrachia.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Biological Bulletin
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0006-3185,1939-8697
DOI: 10.2307/1542153