Taxonomy and species boundaries in the coral genus Favia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1857 (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from Thailand revealed by morphological and genetic data

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 581-601

  Kongjandtre, N ^a,b   Ridgway, T ^a,c   Cook, L G ^a,d   Huelsken, T ^a,d   Budd, A F ^d   Hoegh Guldberg, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Favia; Morphology; Phylogeny; Scleractinian corals; Species boundaries; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TAXONOMY;

THAILAND;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; FAVIA; FAVIA FAVUS; FAVIA HELIANTHOIDES; FAVIA MATTHAII; FAVIA PALLIDA; FAVIA ROTUMANA; FAVIA SPECIOSA; FAVIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84860367856     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0869-5     Document Type: Article

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