Cuttlebone morphology limits habitat depth in eleven species of Sepia (Cephalopoda: Sepiidae)

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 404-414

  Sherrard, Kristin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; MOLLUSCA; SEPIA; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 0034131458     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542696     Document Type: Article

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