A new species of staghorn coral, Acropora sirikitiae sp. nov. (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) from western Thailand

Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-125

  Wallace, Carden C ^a   Phongsuwan, Niphon ^b   Muir, Paul R ^a  

^a MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Andaman Sea; Anthozoa; Cnidaria; Coral reefs; Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874190341     PISSN: 08581088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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