Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non-Bilaterian Species from the Marine Bathyal of Southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) – with Similarities to Some Medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara

Jean Just; Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen; Jørgen Olesen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102976

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Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non-Bilaterian Species from the Marine Bathyal of Southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) – with Similarities to Some Medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara

Jean Just ,

* E-mail: jean-just@mail.dk

Affiliation Section of Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen,

Affiliation Section of Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jørgen Olesen

Affiliation Section of Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non-Bilaterian Species from the Marine Bathyal of Southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) – with Similarities to Some Medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara

Jean Just,
Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen,
Jørgen Olesen

Published: September 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102976

About the Authors

Jean Just

* E-mail: jean-just@mail.dk

Affiliation Section of Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen

Affiliation Section of Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jørgen Olesen

Affiliation Section of Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JJ RMK JO. Found the specimens, initiated the study, wrote first draft of manuscript, and prepared Figs 2 and 6: JJ. Prepared and composed Figs 1, 3–5, 7, 8: JO. Discussed results: RMK JO.

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