The evolutionary history of the order antipatharia (cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) as inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA: Implications for black coral taxonomy and systematics

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 312-361

  Brugler, Mercer R ^a   Opresko, Dennis M ^b   France, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipathes griggi; COI barcode; Deep sea; Genetic variation; Group I intron; Illustrated key; Intergenic region; Morphological plasticity; Sibopathes; Stichopathes

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; ANTIPATHES; CNIDARIA; PARANTIPATHES; SCLERACTINIA; STICHOPATHES; ZOANTHARIA;

EID: 84886433694     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12060     Document Type: Article

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