A Significant and Unappreciated Intertidal Mytiloidean Genus: The Biology and Functional Morphology of Brachidontes Puniceus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from the Cape Verde Islands

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-80

  Morton, Brian ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

byssal attachment; heteromyarian form; intertidal zone; opportunism; stout shell architecture

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCHIPELAGO; BIVALVE; COLONIZATION; FILTER FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ORNAMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; ROCKY SHORE; SHELL; SUBSTRATE; TROPICAL REGION;

CAPE VERDE; GHANA; MAURITANIA;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIDONTES; MYTILIDAE; MYTILOIDEA; MYTILUS;

EID: 84862230905     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2012.673285     Document Type: Article

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