Reproductive biology of Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862) and Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) (Cnidaria, Zoantharia) from the NW Mediterranean coast

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-565

  Previati, Monica ^a   Palma, Marco ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^b   Falugi, Carla ^a   Cerrano, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hexacoral; Ligurian Sea; Oogenesis; Reproductive cycle; Sex ratio; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORAL; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX RATIO;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; PARAZOANTHUS AXINELLAE; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 78049318459     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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