Pocillopora inflata, a new species of scleractinian coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the tropical eastern Pacific

Pacific Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-180

  Glynn, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; TAXONOMY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA INFLATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0032753271     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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