Detection of an unusual presence of the cubozoan Carybdea marsupialis at shallow beaches located near Denia, Spain (south-western Mediterranean)

Marine Biodiversity Records

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bordehore, Cesar ^a   Fuentes, Verónica L ^b   Atienza, Dacha ^b   Barberá, Carmen ^c   Fernandez Jover, Damian ^a   Roig, Mireia ^a   Acevedo Dudley, Melissa J ^a,b   Canepa, Antonio J ^a,b   Gili, Josep Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carybdea marsupialis; Cubomedusae; Jellyfish blooms; Jellyfish stings; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CARYBDEA MARSUPIALIS; CUBOMEDUSAE; CUBOZOA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84897994260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17552672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755267211000650     Document Type: Article

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