Systematics of the candelabrum gorgonian corals (Eunicea Lamouroux; Plexauridae; Octocorallia; Cnidaria)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-263

  Sánchez, Juan Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reefs; Eunicea tayrona; Octocorals; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CANDELABRUM; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; EUNICEA; EUNICEA CALYCULATA; EUNICEA CLAVIGERA; EUNICEA FUSCA; EUNICEA SUCCINEA; EUNICEA TOURNEFORTI; GORGONIA; PLEXAURIDAE;

EID: 70349650324     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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