Brooding of pelagic-type larvae in Ophiopeza spinosa: Reproduction and development in a tropical ophiodermatid brittlestar

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-107

  Byrne, Maria ^a   Cisternas, Paula ^b   O'Hara, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Life history; Ophiuroidea

Indexed keywords

OPHIODERMATIDAE; OPHIUROIDEA; SQUAMATA; VITELLARIA;

EID: 40749104231     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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