Revision of the sponge genus Pleroma Sollas (Lithistida: Megamorina: Pleromidae) from New Zealand and New Caledonia, and description of a new species

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-127

  Kelly, Michelle ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Demospongiae; Eocene; Lithistida; Megamorina; New Caledonia; New species; New Zealand; Palaeocene; Pleroma; Pleromidae; Porifera

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; MICROFOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; SPONGE;

NEW CALEDONIA; NEW ZEALAND;

DEMOSPONGIAE; INVERTEBRATA; LITHISTIDA; PLEROMIDAE; PORIFERA; TIBOUCHINA URVILLEANA;

EID: 0011368480     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517151     Document Type: Article

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