First record of the Australian ascidian Eudistoma elongatum in northern New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-355

  Smith, Peter J ^a   Page, Mike ^a   Handley, Sean J ^a   McVeagh, S Margaret ^a   Ekins, Merrick ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Colonial ascidian; Invasion; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BAY OF ISLANDS [NORTHLAND]; HOUHORA HARBOUR; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; PARENGARENGA HARBOUR; QUEENSLAND;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; EUDISTOMA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 39049106722     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330709509924     Document Type: Article

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