Precious corals (Coralliidae) from north-western Atlantic Seamounts

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 2 SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 369-382

  Simpson, Anne ^a   Watling, Les ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Corallium; Corallium bathyrubrum sp. nov.; Corallium bayeri sp. nov.; Corallium niobe; Corner Rise Seamount Group; deep water corals; New England Seamount Chain; western Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DEEP SEA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW SPECIES; SEAMOUNT; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); NEW ENGLAND SEAMOUNTS;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIIDAE; CORALLIUM; CORALLIUM NIOBE; EPINEPHELUS SUBORBITALIS;

EID: 79951593155     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541000086X     Document Type: Article

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