Original scientific paper
Marine fauna of the Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). 3. Brachiopoda
A. Logan
Abstract
Six brachiopod species (1 inarticulate and 5 articulates) are identified and briefly described from Mljet National Park. All are known from the Mediterranean Sea and eastern North Atlantic. The number of taxa is lower than that for the Adriatic Sea (11 species) as a whole, suggesting that further discoveries might be expected in Mljet. Megerlia truncata, usually found between 50–350 m elsewhere, occurs occasionally in shallow caves at one locality in the Park, supporting the »bathyal island« hypothesis advocated by French investigators in the Mediterranean.
Keywords
marine fauna; Brachiopoda; Mljet; Adriatic Sea
Hrčak ID:
10771
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2003.
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