Taxonomy of the heavily exploited Indo-Pacific sandfish complex (Echinodermata: Holothuriidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-59

  Massin, Claude ^a   Uthicke, Seven ^b   Purcell, Steven W ^c   Rowe, Frank W E ^d,e   Samyn, Yves ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e Beechcroft   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Holothuria aculeata; Holothuria lessoni sp. nov.; Holothuria scabra; Holothuria scabra versicolor; Holothuria timama; Nomenclature

Indexed keywords

ACULEATA; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA SCABRA; HOLOTHURIA SCABRA VERSICOLOR; HOLOTHURIIDAE; HOLOTHUROIDEA; TRICHODON TRICHODON;

EID: 58149387901     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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