A second, cryptic species of the soft coral genus Incrustatus (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Clavulariidae) from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, revealed by DNA barcoding

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-147

  McFadden, Catherine S ^a   van Ofwegen, Leen P ^b  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

28S rDNA; Alcyonacea; Cnidaria; COI; Intertidal; mtMutS; New species

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; ORNAMENTATION; SOFT CORAL; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; BEAGLE CHANNEL; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CLAVULARIIDAE; CNIDARIA;

EID: 84874390289     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-012-0310-7     Document Type: Article

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