Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2017.26.3
Marine fauna of Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). 7. Echiura
Dušan Zavodnik
; Vitomira Širole-Paje 6, HR-52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Abstract
It seems that the only Echiuroid species present in the Mljet National Park is Bonellia viridis. This species is known world wide for its peculiar larval development and sexual dimorphism. The forked proboscis females prefer to live in shallow sublittoral crevices in large stones and similar rocky environments. Divers reported B. viridis to be a rather common marine invertebrate.
Keywords
Echiura; Bonellia viridis; Adriatic Sea; National Park Mljet
Hrčak ID:
183294
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Publication date:
30.6.2017.
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