Importance of nematocysts in taxonomy of Acontiarian Sea anemones (Cnidaria, actiniaria): A statistical comparative study

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Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Acuna, Fabián H ^a,b   Excoffon, Adriana C ^a   Zamponi, Mauricio O ^a,b   Ricci, Lila ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Internal Medicine   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acontiarian sea anemones; Cnidae; Statistics; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; TAXONOMY;

ACONTIA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANTHOTHOE; ANTHOTHOE CHILENSIS; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HALIPLANELLA LINEATA; HALIPLANELLIDAE; SAGARTIIDAE; TRICNIDACTIS ERRANS;

EID: 0038685273     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00088     Document Type: Article

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