Morphological variation and systematics in the Scyphozoa: Mastigias (Rhizostomeae, Mastigiidae) - A golden unstandard?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 537, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 185-206

  Dawson, Michael N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Coral Reef Research Foundation ^*  (Palau)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Geographic variation; Homoplasy; Jellyfish species; Molecules and morphology; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

JELLYFISHES; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; SPECIES BOUNDARIES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

JELLYFISH; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; TAXONOMY;

HYDROIDA; MASTIGIAS; MASTIGIIDAE; RHIZOSTOMEAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 12444264550     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2840-8     Document Type: Article

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