A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Caribbean Coast of Colombia

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 75-81

  Opresko, Dennis M ^a   Sánchez, Juan A ^b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Inst Invest Marinas y Costeras I   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

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