Possible vestige of early phosphatic biomineralization in gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata)

被引：1

作者：

Macintyre, IG ^{[1
]}

Bayer, FM

Logan, MAV

Skinner, HCW

机构：

[1] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Paleobiol, Washington, DC 20560 USA

[2] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Invertebrate Zool, Washington, DC 20560 USA

[3] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Mineral Sci, Washington, DC 20560 USA

[4] Yale Univ, Dept Geol & Geophys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

来源：

GEOLOGY | 2000年 / 28卷 / 05期

关键词：

octocorals; biomineralization; skeletal carbonate hydroxylapatite; Gorgoniidae;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

P5 [地质学];

学科分类号：

0709 ; 081803 ;

摘要：

Skeletal carbonate hydroxylapatite, heretofore unknown in modern coelenterates, has been found in the axes and holdfasts of the gorgonian octocoral family Gorgoniidae. This carbonate apatite is a distinctive feature of this family of octocorals and may indicate a previous history of phosphatic skeletal mineralization within this phylum.

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页码：455 / 458

页数：4