The first sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from a whale fall

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Daly, Marymegan ^a   Gusmão, Luciana ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actiniaria; Asexual reproduction; Cnidaria; Deep sea diversity; New species; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; DEEP SEA; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACTINIARIA; ACTINOSTOLIDAE; ANTHOSACTIS; ANTHOZOA; CETACEA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA;

EID: 33947308294     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930601121775     Document Type: Article

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