Tentacular diversity in deep-sea deposit-feeding holothurians: Implications for biodiversity in the deep sea

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1487-1505

  Roberts, D ^a   Moore, H M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea biodiversity; Holothurian tentacles; Morphological diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; DEPOSIT FEEDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; SEA CUCUMBER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TENTACLE MORPHOLOGY; TENTACLES;

ASPIDOCHIROTIDA; BATHYPLOTES NATANS; BENTHOGONE; BENTHOGONE ROSEA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; ELASIOPODIDA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; ONEIROPHANTA; ONEIROPHANTA MUTABILIS; ONEIROPHANTA MUTANILIS; PARORIZA; PARORIZA PALLENS; PARORIZA PROUHOI; PSEUDOSTICHOPUS; PSEUDOSTICHOPUS SP; PSYCHROPOTES LONGICAUDA;

EID: 0030783665     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018362319053     Document Type: Article

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