Pneophyllum conicum (Dawson) comb. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae), a widespread Indo-Pacific non-geniculate coralline alga that overgrows and kills live coral

Botanica Marina

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-279

  Keats, D W ^a   Chamberlain, Y M ^b   Baba, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Teikokushoin Bldg 5F   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CORALLINACEAE; PNEOPHYLLUM; PNEOPHYLLUM CONICUM; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030799635     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1997.40.1-6.263     Document Type: Article

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