On some Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) from Singapore, with a description of a new Cladiella species

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Benayahu, Y ^a   Chou, L M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alcyonacea; Cladiella; Cnidaria; Coral reefs; New records; New species; Octocorallia; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ALCYONIIDAE; ANTHOZOA; BRIAREIDAE; CLADIELLA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HELIOPORIDAE; XENIIDAE;

EID: 77949525923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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