Solenopora is a chaetetid sponge, not an alga

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-122

  Riding, Robert ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alga; Chaetetid; Coralline; Ordovician; Solenopora; Sponge

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RED ALGA; SPONGE;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; RHODOPHYTA; SOLENOPORA; SOLENOPORA SPONGIOIDES;

EID: 0842306309     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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