Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 943-947

  Lindner, Alberto ^a   Cairns, Stephen D ^b   Guzman, Hector M ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DISTICHOPORA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; STYLASTERIDAE;

EID: 7644239343     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010239h     Document Type: Article

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