Composition, biometry and statistical relationships between the cnidom and body size in the sea anemone Oulactis muscosa (Cnidaria: Actiniaria)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 415-419

  Acuna F H ^a,b   Excoffon, A C ^a   Ricci, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTINIARIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; OULACTIS MUSCOSA;

EID: 34247487539     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055087     Document Type: Article

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