Rhipilia coppejansii, a new coral reef-associated species from guam (bryopsidales, chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1090-1098

  Verbruggen, Heroen ^a   Schils, Tom ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

Author keywords

Bryopsidales; Chlorodesmis; DNA barcodes; Morphology; rbcL; Rhipilia; Taxonomy; tufA

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CAULERPALES; CHLORODESMIS; CHLOROPHYTA; RHIPILIA; UDOTEACEAE;

EID: 84867195755     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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