Faunistic study of benthic Pennatulacea (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Northern coast of Egypt

Using a trawling net, samples of order Pennatulacea (Sea pens) were collected from the northern coast of Egypt. The current work aims to establish taxonomical data about this distinctive group of animals that dwell in the Egyptian Mediterranean waters. The current study presents 3 species namely; Ca...

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Main Author: Khaled Mahmoud Abdelsalam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687428514000727