Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the southern coast of Turkey (eastern Mediterranean): New records and revision of Amphiodia obtecta Mortensen, 1940

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2483, 2010, Pages 45-57

  Stöhr, Sabine ^a   Çinar, Melih Ertan ^b   Dagli, Ertan ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amphiodia microplax; Ecology; Lessepsian species; Morphology; Ophiactis macrolepidota; Ophiactis savigny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIODIA; ECHINODERMATA; OPHIACTIS; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 77954027026     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2483.1.4     Document Type: Article

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