Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 285-314

  Rützler, Klaus ^a   Van Soest, Rob W M ^b   Piantoni, Carla ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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