Demosponge fauna of Ormonde and Gettysburg Seamounts (Gorringe Bank, north-east Atlantic): Diversity and zoogeographical affinities

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1643-1653

  Xavier, Joana ^a,b,c   Van Soest, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SEAMOUNT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GORRINGE BANK;

EID: 36749055199     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407058584     Document Type: Article

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