Resurrection of Desmoxya (Porifera: Halichondrida), with the description of a new species from Rockall Bank bathyal coral reefs, North Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1367-1371

  Van Soest, Rob W M ^a   Hooper, John N A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; ROCKALL BANK; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; DESMOXYIDAE; HALICHONDRIDA; HIGGINSIA; PORIFERA;

EID: 27744480359     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405012543     Document Type: Article

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