Desmacella austini sp. nov. from sponge reefs off the Pacific coast of Canada

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Lehnert, Helmut ^a   Conway, Kim W ^b   Barrie, J Vaughn ^b   Krautter, Manfred ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Pacific ^*  (Germany)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c Inst fur Geol Palaontologie Univ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canada; Desmacellidae; New species; Pacific; Porifera; Sponge reefs; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DEMOSPONGIAE; DESMACELLA; DESMACELLIDAE; POECILOSCLERIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 33846203808     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-0740304004     Document Type: Article

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