Ecology and Distribution of Two Sympatric, Closely Related Sponge Species, Halichondria Panicea (Pallas, 1766) and H. Bowerbanki Burton, 1930 (Porifera, Demospongiae), with Remarks on their Speciation

• Published in: Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde
• Main Authors: Vethaak, A. D., Cronie, R. J. A., van Soest, R. W. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 1982
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Burton; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26660644-05202002; https://brill.com/view/journals/btd/52/2/article-p82_2.xml; https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/btd/52/2/article-p82_2.xml

North Atlantic coastal waters harbour two closely related sympatric sponges belonging to the genus Halichondria , viz. H. panicea and H. bowerbanki . From the study of their littoral and sublittoral microdistribution and ecology in the Oosterschelde area ( = Eastern Scheldt, S.W. part of The Netherl...