A new mode of colony multiplication by modified budding in the ascidian Clavelina gemmae n. sp. (Clavelinidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-283

  Turon, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascidiacea; Asexual reproduction; Budding; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CLAVELINA; CLAVELINIDAE;

EID: 27144431679     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2005.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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