Observations on reproductive features of three species of Eunicidea (Polychaeta) associated with Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in the Meditteranean Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Gambi, M C ^a   Cigliano, M ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eunicidae; Lysidice; Mediterranean Sea; Nematonereis; Polychaetes; Posidonia oceanica; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYCHAETE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPAWNING;

ADRIATIC SEA; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISCHIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EUNICIDA; EUNICIDAE; LYSIDICE (POLYCHAETE); LYSIDICE COLLARIS; LYSIDICE NINETTA; NEMATONEREIS; NEMATONEREIS UNICORNIS; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 34047158214     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70s3301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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