Medusae, siphonophores and ctenophores of the Alborán Sea, south western Mediterranean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-163

  Mills, C E ^a   Pugh, P R ^b   Harbison, G R ^c   Haddock, S H D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Ctenophora; Distribution; Gelatinous zooplankton; Hydroidomedusae; Hydromedusae; Mediterranean; Scyphomedusae; Siphonophora

Indexed keywords

ABYLOPSIS TETRAGONA; BATHOCYROE; BEROE OVATA; BOLINOPSIS INFUNDIBULUM; BOLINOPSIS VITREA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CONOIDEA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); EUPLOKAMIS; FORSKALIA; HAECKELIA BEEHLERI; HALISCERA CONICA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; LENSIA CONOIDEA; NANOMIA BIJUGA; OCYROPSIS; OCYROPSIS MACULATA IMMACULATA; PANDEA CONICA; PARAPHYLLINA RANSONI; PERIPHYLLA PERIPHYLLA; PLEUROBRACHIA; RHODOPIS; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS); SOLMARIS LEUCOSTYLA; SOLMISSUS ALBESCENS; TETRAGONA; VITREA;

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