Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1358, 2006, Pages 1-37

  Samaai, Toufiek ^a,b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Demospongiae; Endemism; Porifera; South Africa; Species richness; Sponges

Indexed keywords

DEMOSPONGIAE; PORIFERA;

EID: 37849185339     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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