MARINE GASTROTRICHA FROM THE COASTS OF SARDINIA (ITALY)

Authors
BALSAMO M FREGNI E TONGIORGI P
Citation
M. Balsamo et al., MARINE GASTROTRICHA FROM THE COASTS OF SARDINIA (ITALY), Bollettino di zoologia, 62(3), 1995, pp. 273-286
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Bollettino di zoologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
03734137
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
273 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0373-4137(1995)62:3<273:MGFTCO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Twenty-eight macrodasyid and twenty-eight chaetonotid species of marin e Gastrotricha are reported. Of these species, two Halichaetonotus cla vicornis and H. genatus - are new, and three are described for the fir st time for to the Italian fauna. The influence of various physical an d chemical environmental factors on gastrotrich distribution along the peninsular and island coasts of the Tyrrhenian Sea are analysed and d iscussed.