Variation and plasticity of skeletal color in the zebra coral Oulastrea crispata

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 827-831

  Yamashiro, Hideyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; OULASTREA CRISPATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0034337802     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.827     Document Type: Article

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