Ecological barcoding of corallivory by second internal transcribed spacer sequences: Hosts of coralliophiline gastropods detected by the cnidarian DNA in their stomach

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-103

  Oliverio, Marco ^a   Barco, Andrea ^a   Modica, Maria Vittoria ^a   Richter, Alexandra ^a   Mariottini, Paolo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal associations; Corals; DNA barcoding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; GASTROPODA; METAZOA;

EID: 58949088168     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02388.x     Document Type: Article

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