New family of allomorphic jellyfishes, Drymonematidae (scyphozoa, Discomedusae), emphasizes evolution in the functional morphology and trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-267

  Bayha, Keith M ^a   Dawson, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRYPSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); CARIBBEAN SEA;

AURELIA; DRYMONEMA; DRYMONEMA DALMATINUM; DRYMONEMA GORGO; RHOPALIA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 78650664917     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv219n3p249     Document Type: Article

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