Pacifigorgia marviva (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) a new species from Coiba National Park, Pacific Panama

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 693-698

  Guzman, Hector M ^a   Breedy, Odalisca ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Coiba National Park; eastern Pacific; Gorgoniidae; Octocorallia; Pacifigorgia; Panama

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFT CORAL; TAXONOMY;

COIBA NATIONAL PARK; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; VERAGUAS;

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; GORGONIIDAE; PACIFIGORGIA;

EID: 84860801282     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315411000373     Document Type: Article

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