Timing of Spawning and Early Development of Palythoa tuberculosa (Anthozoa, Zoantharia, Sphenopidae) in Okinawa, Japan

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Hirose, Mamiko ^a   Obuchi, Masami ^a   Hirose, Euichi ^a   Reimer, James D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EGG; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); LARVA; SPAWNING; ZOOXANTHELLA;

JAPAN; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA; CNIDARIA; PALYTHOA TUBERCULOSA; SPHENOPIDAE; ZOANTHARIA;

EID: 79953650556     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv220n1p23     Document Type: Article

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