Learning from the collector: A survey of Azooxanthellate corals affixed by Xenophora (Gastropoda: Xenophoridae), with an analysis and discussion of attachment patterns

Nautilus

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 73-83

  Feinstein, Noah ^a,b   Cairns, Stephen D ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ahermatypic corals; Carrier shells; Gastropods; Mollusca

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038930969     PISSN: 00281344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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