First occurrence of the lined seahorse Hippocampus erectus in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1505-1512

  Woodall, L C ^a   Koldewey, H J ^b   Santos, S V ^c   Shaw, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; DNA sequencing

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS ERECTUS;

EID: 70449449637     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02371.x     Document Type: Article

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