Distribution, abundance and adaptations of three species of Actiniidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) on an intertidal beach rock in Cameiros beach, Pemambuco, Brazil

Miscellania Zoologica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Gomes, Paula Braga ^a   Belém, Maria Julia da Costa ^b   Schlenz, Erika ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b USP ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actiniaria; Brazil; Ecology; Pernambuco

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL;

ACTINIA BERMUDENSIS; ACTINIARIA; ANTHOPLEURA KREBSI; BUNODOSOMA CANGICUM;

EID: 0032232640     PISSN: 02116529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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