The ecological importance of a recently discovered intertidal sabellariid reef in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-227

  McCarthy, Daniel A ^a   Kramer, Philip ^b   Price, Janice R ^a   Donato, Candace L ^a  

^a JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Diversity; Phragmatopoma lapidosa; Polychaetes; Worm reefs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYCHAETE; RANGE EXPANSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PHRAGMATOPOMA LAPIDOSA; POLYCHAETA; SABELLARIIDAE;

EID: 54349107708     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v44i2.a10     Document Type: Article

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