Description of a new deep-water calcareous sponge (Porifera: Calcarea) from northern California

Pacific Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-14

  Duplessis, Kirk ^a   Reiswig, Henry M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; NEW SPECIES; SPONGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

PORIFERA; SYCON ESCANABENSIS;

EID: 0033996591     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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