Sympagohydra tuuli gen. nov. and sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) a cool hydroid from the Arctic sea ice

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1637-1641

  Piraino, S ^a   Bluhm, B A ^b   Gradinger, R ^b   Boero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; interstitial fauna; new genus; new species; Protohydridae; sympagic fauna; Sympagohydra tuuli

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; POLYP; SEA ICE;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOMEDUSAE; CAPITATA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; PROTOHYDRIDAE;

EID: 60449106823     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408002166     Document Type: Article

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