Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: polychaetes (Annelida)
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Free-living marine polychaetes (Annelida) inhabiting hard-bottom substrates in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.
As part of a larger comparative study, marine polychaete hard-bottom assemblages were surveyed using artificial substrate units (ASUs) deployed at four sites off the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The polychaete fauna was represented by 19 families comprising 89 species. The syllid Exogone dispar was the most abundant polychaete followed closely by the serpulid Pseudovermilia occidentalis. At ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0313-122X
DOI: 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.84.2014.133-159