Deep-sea mushroom soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) of the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 488-515

  Molodtsova, Tina N ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alcyonium pasternaki sp. nov; Anthomastus gyratus sp. nov.; Anthozoa; dimorphic; Heteropolypus sol sp. nov.; Pseudoanthomastus mariejoseae sp. nov.; trimorphic

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; INVENTORY; MUSHROOM; NEW SPECIES; SOFT CORAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; REYKJANES RIDGE;

AGARICUS; ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ALCYONIIDAE; ALCYONIUM; ANTHOMASTUS; ANTHOZOA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGIIDAE;

EID: 84876122539     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2012.750427     Document Type: Article

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