Diversity of Zoanthids (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) on Hawaiian Seamounts: Description of the Hawaiian Gold Coral and Additional Zoanthids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sinniger, Frederic ^a,b   Ocaña, Oscar V ^c   Baco, Amy R ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c Fundacion Museo del Mar   (Spain)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BULLAGUMMIZOANTHUS EMILYACADIAARUM; COLOR; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEEP SEA SPECIES; GENE SEQUENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HURLIZOANTHUS PARRISHI; KAULUZOANTHUS KERBYI; KULAMANAMANA HAUMEAAE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; POLYP (CNIDARIAN); POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; ZIBROWIUS AMMOPHILUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CORAL REEFS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; HAWAII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHOZOA; GERARDIA; ZOANTHARIA; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 84872237127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052607     Document Type: Article

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