Sponges of marine caves: Notes on the status of the Mediterranean palaeoendemic Petrobiona massiliana (Porifera: Calcarea: Lithonida) with new records from Sardinia

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-315

  Manconi, R ^a   Ledda, F D ^b   Serusi, A ^a   Corso, G ^a   Stocchino, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiscovery; Biogeography; Cryptic habitat; Life strategies; Rare species conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAVE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; GROWTH FORM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW RECORD; RARE SPECIES; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPICULE; SPONGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CALCAREA; LITHONIDA; PETROBIONA MASSILIANA; PORIFERA;

EID: 70349974963     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000802629471     Document Type: Article

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