Mysella gregaria new species, a bivalve (Galeommatoidea: Montacutidae) commensal with an intertidal burrowing sea anemone from North Carolina, USA

Nautilus

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Rotvit, Lennie ^a   Lützen, Jørgen ^a   Jespersen, Åse ^a   Fox, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Gregariousness; Mollusca; Reproduction; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ACTINIA; ACTINIARIA; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; GALEOMMATOIDEA; LASAEIDAE; MOLLUSCA; MYSELLA;

EID: 38649131279     PISSN: 00281344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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