Three new species of shallow water, yellow zoanthids (hexacorallia: zoanthidea: epizoanthidae) from southern California, USA, and Southern Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2058, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Philipp, Nicholas A ^a   Fautin, Daphne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Coelenterata; Epizoanthus; Pacific ocean; Taxonomy; Zoantharia; Zoanthiniaria

Indexed keywords

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; EPIZOANTHIDAE; EPIZOANTHUS; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 64549086361     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2058.1.2     Document Type: Article

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