Phyllodesmium rudmani (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), a new solar powered species from the Indo-West Pacific with data on its symbiosis with zooxanthellae

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1308, 2006, Pages 31-47

  Burghardt, Ingo ^a   Gosliner, Terrence M ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diving PAM; Photosynthesis; Phyllodesmium; Solar powered; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis; Xenia; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

DINOPHYCEAE; MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA; PHYLLODESMIUM; SYMBIODINIUM; XENIA SP.;

EID: 33748809522     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1308.1.2     Document Type: Article

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