Life cycle strategy, species richness and distribution in marine Hydrozoa (Cnidaria: Medusozoa)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-448

  Gibbons, Mark J ^a   Janson, Liesl A ^b   Ismail, Adiel ^a   Samaai, Toufiek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benthic taxa; Date of description; Dispersal; Global analysis; Holoplankton; Medusae; Meroplankton; Polyp; Range size; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA;

EID: 75149180427     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02226.x     Document Type: Article

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