Species boundaries in the starfish genus Linckia

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-148

  Williams, S T ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; LINCKIA; LINCKIA BOUVIERI; LINCKIA COLUMBIAE; LINCKIA GUILDINGI; LINCKIA LAEVIGATA; LINCKIA MULTIFORA;

EID: 0033994170     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050016     Document Type: Article

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