Morphological and genetic examination of phenotypic variability in the tropical sponge Anthosigmella varians

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 239-247

  Hill, Malcolm S ^a,b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthosigmella varians; Cryptic species; Phenotypic plasticity; Population structure; Porifera; Spongivory

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPONGE;

ANTHOSIGMELLA VARIANS; PORIFERA; SPIRASTRELLIDAE;

EID: 0033498089     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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