Observations of the deep-sea trachymedusa Benthocodon pedunculata

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Matsumoto, George I ^a   Baxter, Charles ^b   Chen, Esther H ^c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic boundary layer; Cnidaria; Feeding; Hydrozoa; Monterey Bay; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRUSTACEA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; PEDUNCULATA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031540238     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226920     Document Type: Article

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