Reconsidering Zoanthus spp. diversity: Molecular evidence of conspecifity within four previously presumed species

Zoological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 517-525

  Reimer, James Davis ^a   Ono, Shusuke ^b   Fujiwara, Yoshihiro ^c   Takishita, Kiyotaka ^c   Tsukahara, Junzo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyakonojo Higashi High School   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conspecific; Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1; Morphotype; Zoanthus

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; ZOANTHUS;

EID: 3042545403     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.21.517     Document Type: Article

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