Revision of methods for separating species of Protopalythoa (Hexacorallia:Zoanthidea) in the tropical West Pacific

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 407-428

  Ryland, John S ^a   Lancaster, John E ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Cnidom; Fiji; Great Barrier Reef; Meristic characters; Nematocyst capsules; Palythoa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CORAL; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PALYTHOA; PROTOPALYTHOA; SPHENOPIDAE; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 0042850503     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS02008     Document Type: Article

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