Borings, bodies and ghosts: Spicules of the endolithic sponge Aka akis sp. nov. within the boring Entobia cretacea, Cretaceous, England

Current Developments in Bioerosion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 235-248

  Bromley, Richard G ^a   Schönberg, Christine H L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aka akis sp. nov; Chalk hardgrounds; Chalk Rock; Entobia cretacea; Oxeas; Sponge body fossil

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SILICA; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

AKA AKIS SP. NOV; CHALK HARDGROUNDS; CHALK ROCKS; ENTOBIA CRETACEA; OXEAS; SPONGE BODY FOSSIL;

LIMESTONE;

EID: 84897584687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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