Zoanthids (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from shallow waters of the southern Chilean fjord region, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-36

  Sinniger, Frederic ^a   Häussermann, Verena ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Centro científico de la reserva San Ignacio de Huinay   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Benthos; Chile; Epizoanthus; Fjords; Mesozoanthus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; FJORD; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH FORM; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PHOTOGRAPH; POLYP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHALLOW WATER; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; EPIZOANTHUS; PARAZOANTHUS; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 64149128119     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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