Bitectatodinium spongium (Zonneveld, 1997) Zonneveld et Jurkschat, comb. nov. from modern sediments and sediment trap samples of the Arabian Sea (northwestern Indian Ocean): Taxonomy and ecological affinity

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 153-169

  Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a   Jurkschat, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Bitectatodinium spongium; Dinoflagellate cyst; Ecological affinity; Recent; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

SPONGE;

ARABIAN SEA;

BITECTATODINIUM SPONGIUM;

EID: 0032882783     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(99)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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