The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: Revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1366, 2006, Pages 45-54

  Neves, Elizabeth ^a   Johnsson, Rodrigo ^a   Sampaio, Claudio ^b   Pichon, Michel ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Mussidae; Scleractinia; Scolymia; South Atlantic; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; MUSSIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; SCOLYMIA; SCOLYMIA CUBENSIS; SCOLYMIA LACERA; SCOLYMIA WELLSII;

EID: 33845372612     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1366.1.2     Document Type: Article

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