A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria)

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 508-522

  Sánchez, Juan Armando ^a   Wirshing, Herman H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reefs; Gorgonians; Identification keys; Octocorals; Soft corals; Symbiotic; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL REEF; IDENTIFICATION KEY; TAXONOMY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DINOPHYCEAE; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 31344464914     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: 00086452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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