First record of an association between a phyllosoma larva and a Prayid siphonophore

Plankton and Benthos Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-69

  Ates, Ron ^a   Lindsay, Dhugal J ^b   Sekiguchi, Hideo ^c  

^a Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association; Lobster; Phyllosoma; Prayidae; Scyllarus; Siphonophore

Indexed keywords

PRAYIDAE; SCYLLARIDAE; SCYLLARUS;

EID: 34248223787     PISSN: 18808247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.2.67     Document Type: Article

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