Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) associated with the octocoral Carijoa riisei (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the littoral of Pernambuco, Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1263-1267

  Neves, B M ^a   Lima, E J B ^b   Perez C D ^b  

^a Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; CORAL; ECHINODERM; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; NEW RECORD; SEASONALITY;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA; CARIJOA RIISEI; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ECHINODERMATA; OPHIACTIDAE; OPHIACTIS LYMANI; OPHIACTIS SAVIGNYI; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 35448974116     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407056263     Document Type: Article

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