The first record of the needle-spined urchin Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Diadematidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-190

  Yokes, Baki ^a   Galil, Bella S ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alien species; Diadema setosum; Echinoidea; Mediterranean; Turkey; Vector

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350682843     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2006.1.3.15     Document Type: Article

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