Sweeper polyps of the coral Goniopora tenuidens (Scleractinia: Poritidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Peach, Meredith B ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aggression; Anthozoa; Cnidae; Cnidaria; Nematocysts

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; GONIOPORA TENUIDENS; PORITIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0033419075     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226906     Document Type: Article

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