Reproductive cycle of the endemic cassiduloid Cassidulus mitis (Echinoidea: Cassiduloida) on the Brazilian coast

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 603-612

  MacCord, F S ^a,b   Ventura, C R R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GAMETOGENESIS; MATURATION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CASSIDULOIDA; CASSIDULUS MITIS; ECHINOIDEA; TRIXIS;

EID: 4644340807     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1344-4     Document Type: Article

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