Molecular evidence suggesting species in the zoanthid genera Palythoa and Protopalythoa (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) are congeneric

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-94

  Reimer, James Davis ^a   Ono, Shusuke ^b   Takishita, Kiyotaka ^a   Tsukahara, Junzo ^c   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a  

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

^b Miyakonojo Higashi High School   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; COI; Palythoa; Protopalythoa; Zoanthid

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHOZOA; PALYTHOA; PROTOPALYTHOA; PROTOPALYTHOA HELIODISCUS; PROTOPALYTHOA MUTUKI; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHUS;

EID: 33646571225     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.87     Document Type: Article

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