Anthozoa from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 112-130

  Molodtsova, Tina N ^a,b   Sanamyan, Nadezhda P ^b   Keller, Natalya B ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anthozoa; Distribution; Mid Atlantic Ridge; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; REYKJANES RIDGE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACTINIARIA; ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; DENDROBRACHIA; PENNATULACEA; SCHIZOPATHES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 39749172923     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000701821744     Document Type: Article

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