Discovery and description of a new species of Abyssoanthus (Zoantharia: Hexacorallia) at the Japan Trench: The world's deepest known zoanthid

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-457

  Reimer, James D ^a,b   Sinniger, Frederic ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

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

^c University of the Ryukyus   (Japan)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abyssoanthus; Deep sea; Marine snow; Zoanthid

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP; DEEP SEA; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MARINE SNOW; METHANE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYP; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

JAPAN;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; EPIZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 78649362273     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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