Asexual reproduction in Linuche unguiculata (Swartz, 1788) (Scyphozoa: Coronatae) by planuloid formation through strobilation and segmentation

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 781-794

  Silveira, Fábio Lang Da ^a   Morandini, André Carrara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; LIFE CYCLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; CORONATAE; HYDROIDA; LINUCHE UNGUICULATA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 0033599118     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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