A new Mediterranean 'lithistid' sponge, Aciculites mediterranea sp. nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae) from a dark marine cave in Sardinia

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 691-698

  Manconi, Renata ^a   Serusi, Annalisa ^a   Pisera, Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; FAUNISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; KARST; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SKELETON; SPONGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACICULITES; DEMOSPONGIAE; LITHISTIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 33745201200     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013580     Document Type: Article

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