Sclerite calcification and reef-building in the fleshy octocoral genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 925-933

  Jeng, M S ^a   Huang, H D ^b   Dai, C F ^c   Hsiao, Y C ^a   Benayahu, Y ^d  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcification; Octocorals; Reef building; Sclerite cementation; Sinularia; Spiculite; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; CORAL REEF; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MATURATION; MEMBRANE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPICULE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

NANWAN BAY; TAIWAN;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; PSEUDOPODA; SINULARIA;

EID: 80255123876     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0765-z     Document Type: Article

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