A new species of scleractinian coral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), Madracis carmabi n. sp. from the Caribbean

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 679-684

  Vermeij, M J A ^a,d   Diekmann, O E ^a,b   Bak, R P M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; HYBRIDIZATION; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; MADRACIS; MADRACIS DECACTIS; MADRACIS FORMOSA; POCILLOPORIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0013435329     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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