Distribution of the sea squirt Ecteinascidia thurstoni Herdman, 1890 (Ascidiacea: Perophoridae) along Suez Canal and Egyptian Red Sea coasts

Oceanologia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-253

  Gab Alla, Ali A F A ^a  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Distribution; Ecteinascidia thurstoni; Red Sea; Sea squirt; Suez Canal; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

FILTER FEEDER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SESSILE SPECIES;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; SUEZ CANAL;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECTEINASCIDIA; ECTEINASCIDIA TURBINATA; PEROPHORIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 52349124822     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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