Phylogenetic analyses of potentially free-living Symbiodinium spp. isolated from coral reef sand in Okinawa, Japan

Marine Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-112

  Hirose, Mamiko ^a   Reimer, James D ^a,b   Hidaka, Michio ^a   Suda, Shoichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CORAL REEF; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 46649113104     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1011-2     Document Type: Article

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