An ascomycete commensal on the gills of Bathynerita naticoidea, the dominant gastropod at Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seeps

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-62

  Zande, Jill M ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Monterey Peninsula College   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeogastropod; Fungus; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOGASTROPODA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYNERITA; BATHYNERITA NATICOIDEA; FUNGI; GASTROPODA; NATICOIDEA;

EID: 0033412596     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226912     Document Type: Article

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