Distribution and abundance of sponges of the genus ircinia (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Santa marta area, Colombian Caribbean;Comparación de la abundancia y distribución de algunas características de las esponjas del genero ircinia (Porifera: Demospongiae) en dos localidades contrastantes del area de Santa Marta, Caribe Colombiano

Boletin de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras

Volumn 32, Issue , 2003, Pages 75-91

  Parra Velandia, Fernando J ^a   Zea, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ircinia; Natural history; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953997560     PISSN: 01229761     EISSN: 25904671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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