The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-315

  Kitahara, Marcelo V ^a   Stolarski, Jaroslaw ^b   Cairns, Stephen D ^c   Benzoni, Francesca ^d,e   Stake, Joel L ^f   Miller, David J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f RIVIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FOSSIL RECORD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYP; TAXONOMY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

AGARICIIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CARYOPHYLLIIDAE; DACTYLOTROCHUS CERVICORNIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84867050830     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS11053     Document Type: Article

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