Four new species and one new genus of zoanthids (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) from the Galápagos Islands

ZooKeys

Volumn 42, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-36

  Reimer, James Davis ^a,b   Fujii, Takuma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gal pagos; ITS rDNA; mt DNA; New genus; New species; Zoanthid

Indexed keywords

ANTIPATHARIA; ANTIPATHES GALAPAGENSIS; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROZOA; PARAZOANTHUS; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 77950829553     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.42.378     Document Type: Article

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