Mushroom corals (Scleractinia, Fungiidae) of Espiritu Santo (Vanuatu, West Pacific), with the description of a new species

Zoosystema

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 429-443

  Hoeksema, Bert W ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthozoa; Cnidaria; Coral Triangle; Espiritu Santo; Fungiidae; Hexaco rallia; New species; Scleractinia; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CNIDARIA; FUNGIIDAE; SANDALOLITHA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84864566125     PISSN: 12809551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/z2012n2a14     Document Type: Article

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