A new record of an alien jellyfish from the Levantine coast of Turkey - Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775) [Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomea]

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-197

  Çevik, Cem ^a   Erkol, Itri Levent ^a   Toklu, Benin ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alien species; Cassiopea andromeda; Iskenderun Bay; Levant Sea; Scyphozoa; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952569005     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2006.1.3.18     Document Type: Article

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