Coral borers of the eastern Pacific: Aspidosiphon (A.) elegans (Sipuncula: Aspidosiphonidae) and Pomatogebia rugosa (Crustacea: Upogebiidae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-175

  Fonseca E , Ana C ^b   Cortés, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL BORER; CORAL REEF; RANGE EXPANSION;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL EAST);

ASPIDOSIPHON ELEGANS; CRUSTACEA; POMATOGEBIA RUGOSA; SIPUNCULA;

EID: 0031878966     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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