A new diagnosis of the genus Delectona (Porifera, Demospongiae), with a description of a new species from the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean)

Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-432

  Rosell, D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISMS; EXCAVATING CAPABILITY; NEW SPECIES; REDESCRIPTION; TAXONOMY;

ALBORAN SEA;

DELECTONA ALBORANSIS; DEMOSPONGIAE;

EID: 0030430370     PISSN: 01743597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02367158     Document Type: Article

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