Echinoderm fauna of the South China Sea: An inventory and analysis of distribution patterns

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 48, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 459-493

  Lane, David J W ^a   Marsh, Loisette M ^b   VandenSpiegel, Didier ^c   Rowe, Frank W E ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d Goldbrook Boarding Kennels   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Echinodermata; Indo Pacific; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038090669     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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