Laboratory observations of larval behavior and metamorphosis in the Mediterranean solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 449-457

  Goffredo, Stefano ^a   Zaccanti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHOZOA; BALANOPHYLLIA; BALANOPHYLLIA ELEGANS; BALANOPHYLLIA EUROPAEA; DENDROPHYLLIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 3042676176     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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