Small bathyal sponge species from east mediterranean revealed by a non-regular soft bottom sampling technique

Ophelia

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-160

  Ilan, M ^a   Gugel, J ^a   Galil, B S ^b   Janussen, D ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collecting devices; Deep sea; Levant Basin; Nanism; New taxa; Porifera

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; NEW SPECIES; SAMPLING; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPONGE; TAXONOMY; TRAWLING; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

LEVANTINE BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CALCAREA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECTRONINIA; PORIFERA; RHIZAXINELLA SHIKMONAE; SCYPHA; SYCON FAULKNERI; TENTORIUM; TENTORIUM LEVANTINUM;

EID: 0842330673     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2003.10409511     Document Type: Article

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