A new species of Leptogorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from the shallow waters of the eastern Pacific

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 899, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Breedy, Odalisca ^a,b   Guzman, Hector M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbonate hydroxylapatite; Cnidaria; Coelenterata; Coral reef; Costa Rica; Eastern Pacific; Leptogorgia; New species; Octocoral; Panama

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; COELENTERATA; GORGONIIDAE; LEPTOGORGIA;

EID: 33745074056     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.899.1.1     Document Type: Article

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