Taxonomy of some sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) collected from the Aegean Sea and description of a new species

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1527-1538

  Kefalas, E ^a   Castritsi Catharios, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

AEGEAN SEA; CRETAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AXINYSSA; DEMOSPONGIAE; HALICHONDRIDA; HALICHONDRIIDAE; PORIFERA; SPONGOSORITES;

EID: 36749061888     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540705206X     Document Type: Article

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