Aplacophoran molluscs: Deep-sea analogs to polychaetes

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 575-583

  Scheltema, Amélie H ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BURROWING ORGANISMS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC, (ALEUTIAN TRENCH; PACIFIC, (NORTHEAST);

CIRRATULIDAE; COSSURIDAE; PARAONIDAE; POLYCHAETA; PROCHAETODERMATIDAE;

EID: 0030766759     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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