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Bryoliths (Bryozoa) in the Gulf of California (1).
From:
Pacific Science
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January 1, 2006| Author:
James, D.W.; Foster, M.S.; O'Sullivan, J.
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Abstract: Populations of Diaperoforma californica (d'Orbigny) bryoliths were discovered in rhodolith beds, a sand habitat, and on a cobble bottom in the Gulf of California, Mexico, the first known observation of a modern free-living cyclostome bryozoan in the Northern Hemisphere. Densities ranged from a mean of 9.2 to 22.6 individuals/0.06 [m.sup.2]. Bryoliths from the deepest site were irregularly shaped and had the highest variation in shape; those from shallow sites were spheroi...
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