Brachidontes Striatulus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) introduced into Singapore

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 435-439

  Morton, Brian ^a   Tan, K S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brachidontes; Fouling; India; Mussel; Mytilidae; Singapore

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; BRACHIDONTES; BRACHIDONTES STRIATULUS; MYTILIDAE; MYTILOPSIS SALLEI;

EID: 49749131578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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