Pocillopora aliciae: A new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) from subtropical Eastern Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn 3626, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 576-582

  Schmidt Roach, Sebastian ^a,b   Miller, Karen J ^a   Andreakis, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878705521     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.11     Document Type: Letter

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