Systematics of the bubblegum corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paragorgiidae) with description of new species from New Zealand and the Eastern Pacific

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1014, 2005, Pages 1-72

  Sánchez, Juan Armando ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bubblegum corals; Cnidaria; Coelenterata; Deep water coral; Eastern Pacific; New Zealand; Octocoral; Octocorallia; Paragorgia; Paragorgiidae; Phylogeny; Seamounts; Sibogagorgia

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DENDROIDES; PARAGORGIA; PARAGORGIA ARBOREA; PARAGORGIA CORALLOIDES; PARAGORGIA JOHNSONI; PARAGORGIIDAE;

EID: 33745287141     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1014.1.1     Document Type: Article

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