Reproductive patterns in two deep-water solitary corals from the north-east Atlantic-Flabellum alabastrum and F. angulare (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 669-675

  Waller, Rhian G ^a,b   Tyler, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

azooxanthellate; deep water coral; gametogenesis; reproduction; seasonality; solitary coral

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CORAL; DEEP WATER; FECUNDITY; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PERIODICITY; POLYP; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SAMPLING; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT; ROCKALL TROUGH;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; FLABELLUM ALABASTRUM; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 79956224364     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000822     Document Type: Article

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