Skeletal characters for identification of juvenile Ophiactis resiliens and Amphiura constricta (Echinodermata): Cryptic ophiuroids in coralline turf habitat

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1199-1207

  Falkner, I ^a   Byrne, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHINODERM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; SKELETON;

ALGAE; AMPHIURA; ECHINODERMATA; OPHIACTIS; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 33748188836     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406014196     Document Type: Article

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