Presence of Abyssoanthus sp. (Anthozoa: Zoantharia) in the Mediterranean Sea: An indication of non-dependence of Abyssoanthus to chemosynthetic-based ecosystems?

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-478

  Sinniger, Frederic ^a,b   Zelnio, Kevin A ^c   Taviani, Marco ^d   Reevier, James Davis ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold seep; Deep sea; DNA barcoding; Zooanthid

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COLD SEEP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; POLYP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 78649355636     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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