First record of the Indo-Pacific gastropod Melibe fimbriata in the Adriatic Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 923-924

  Despalatović, Marija ^a   Antolić, Boris ^a   Grubelić, Ivana ^a   Žuljević, Ante ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; RANGE EXPANSION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CROATIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MELIBE; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0036775153     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315402006380     Document Type: Article

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