High levels of morphological variation despite close genetic relatedness between Zoanthus aff. vietnamensis and Zoanthus kuroshio (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 755-761

  Reimer, James Davis ^a,d   Ono, Shusuke ^b   Iwama, Atsushi ^c   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)

^d Biological Institute on Kuroshio   (Japan)

Author keywords

ITS rDNA; Morphology; mt 16S rDNA; Zoanthid; Zoanthus

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOLOGY; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHUS; ZOANTHUS GIGANTUS; ZOANTHUS KUROSHIO; ZOANTHUS SANSIBARICUS;

EID: 33751220827     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.755     Document Type: Article

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