Taxonomic revision of Ascidiacea (Tunicata) from the upper continental slope off north-western Australia

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 43, Issue 31-32, 2009, Pages 1947-1986

  Kott, Patricia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascidia conifera; Bathyoncus lanatus; Corella aequabilis; Culeolus herdmani; D. textura; Diazona fungia; Molgula delicata; Oligotrema psammites; Polycarpa seges sp. nov.; Pterygascidia mirabilis; Sycozoa cavernosa; Vitrum n. gen. mjoebergi

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; ADAPTATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FILTER FEEDER; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CORELLA; CULEOLUS; DIAZONA; FUNGIA; MIRABILIS; MOLGULA; POLYCARPA; SYCOZOA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 70449640154     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930902993708     Document Type: Article

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