Reproductive ecology of the deep-sea scleractinian coral Fungiacyathus marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906) in the northeast Atlantic Ocean

Coral Reefs

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-331

  Waller, R G ^a   Tyler, P A ^a   Gage, J D ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ahermatypic; Azooxanthellate; Gametogenesis; Solitary coral

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DEEP SEA; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; FUNGIACYATHUS MARENZELLERI; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0036940852     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-002-0252-7     Document Type: Article

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