Epibiotic demosponges on the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki (Smith, 1902) and the cidaroid urchins Ctenocidaris perrieri Koehler, 1912 in the nearshore habitats of the Victoria Land, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1067-1076

  Cerrano, Carlo ^a   Bertolino, Marco ^b   Valisano, Laura ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^b   Calcinai, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Echinoderms; Epibiosis; Living substrata; Species diversity; Sponges

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; EPIBIONT; SAMPLING; SCALLOP CULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

ADAMUSSIUM COLBECKI; ASIGMATA; BIVALVIA; CIDAROIDA; ECHINODERMATA; ERINACEA; HALICLONA; HALICLONA DANCOI; HALICLONA SP.; HOMAXINELLA BALFOURENSIS; IOPHON; ISODICTYA; LISSODENDORYX; MYXILLA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 70349414544     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0606-5     Document Type: Article

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