Subtidal hydroids (Cnidaria) of Northumberland Strait, Atlantic Canada, with observations on their life cycles and distributions

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-564

  Calder, Dale R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Hydroids; Hydrozoa; New Brunswick; Northumberland Strait; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Reproduction; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; LIFE CYCLE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT;

BOUGAINVILLIA; CALYCELLA; CALYCELLA SYRINGA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CUSPIDELLA; CUSPIDELLA HUMILIS; DIPHASIA; DIPHASIA FALLAX; EUDENDRIUM; EUDENDRIUM DISPAR; EUDENDRIUM RAMOSUM; FALLAX; HALECIUM; HALECIUM LANKESTERI; HALECIUM SCUTUM; HALECIUM SESSILE; HYDRALLMANIA; HYDRALLMANIA FALCATA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; LAFOEINA TENUIS; OPERCULARELLA; OPERCULARELLA PUMILA; SERTULARIA; SERTULARIA LATIUSCULA; SERTULARIIDAE; SYRINGA;

EID: 5544246408     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i4.824     Document Type: Article

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