Phylogeny of the genus Tethya (Tethyidae: Hadromerida: Porifera): Molecular and morphological aspects

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1615-1627

  Heim, Isabel ^a   Nickel, Michael ^a,b   Brümmer, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

HADROMERIDA; PORIFERA; TETHYA; TETHYA ACTINIA; TETHYA AURANTIUM; TETHYA CALIFORNIANA; TETHYA CITRINA; TETHYA SEYCHELLENSIS; TETHYIDAE (PORIFERA);

EID: 34948895195     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407058419     Document Type: Article

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