An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary

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Volumn 227, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-47

  Cairns, Stephen D ^a   Kitahara, Marcelo V ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azooxanthellate; Genera; Glossary; Illustrated Key; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867669331     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.227.3612     Document Type: Article

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