Oscarella balibaloi, a new sponge species (Homoscleromorpha: Plakinidae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea: Cytological description, reproductive cycle and ecology

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-187

  Pérez, Thierry ^a   Ivanisevic, Julijana ^a,b   Dubois, Maude ^a   Pedel, Laura ^a   Thomas, Olivier P ^b   Tokina, Daria ^c   Ereskovsky, Alexander V ^a,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cytology; Homoscleromorpha; Metabolic fingerprint; Oscarella; Porifera; Reproductive cycle; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTECOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NEW SPECIES; PIGMENT; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); PROVENCE;

BRYOZOA; GORGONACEA; HOMOSCLEROMORPHA; OSCARELLA; PLAKINIDAE; PORIFERA;

EID: 79955040551     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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