Biogeographical homogeneity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea - I: The opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Lebanon

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 403-408

  Crocetta, F ^a   Zibrowius, H ^b   Bitar, G ^c   Templado, J ^d   Oliverio, M ^e  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b Le Corbusier 644 ^*  (France)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alien species; Cryptogenic species; Lebanon; Mediterranean sea; Mollusca; Opisthobranchia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880752409     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.404     Document Type: Article

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