Morphotypes of spongia officinalis (demospongiae, dictyoceratida) in two mediterranean populations

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-332

  Pronzato, Roberto ^a   Dorcier, Matteo ^a   Sidri, Marzia ^b   Manconi, Renata ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bath sponges; External morphology; Geographical varieties; Mediterranean Sea; Skeletal architecture; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; MORPHOTYPE; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

DEMOSPONGIAE; DICTYOCERATIDA; PORIFERA; SPONGIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0942280402     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000309356538     Document Type: Article

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