Sexual and asexual reproduction of Coscinasterias tenuispina (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-101

  Alves, S L S ^a   Pereira, A D ^a   Ventura, C R R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ECHINODERM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

BRAZIL;

ASTEROIDEA; COSCINASTERIAS TENUISPINA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036937352     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100663     Document Type: Article

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