A molecular and morphological exploration of the generic boundaries in the family Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) and its taxonomic consequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 383-401

  Reijnen, Bastian T ^a   McFadden, Catherine S ^b   Hermanlimianto, Yosephine T ^c   van Ofwegen, Leendert P ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Acabaria rubra; Biogeography; Melithaea ochracea; Molecular phylogeny; Neotype; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACABARIA; ALCYONARIA; COELENTERATA; MELITHAEA; MELITHAEA OCHRACEA; MELITHAEIDAE; MOPSELLA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACABARIA RUBRA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MELITHAEA OCHRACEA; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ACABARIA RUBRA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MELITHAEA OCHRACEA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEOTYPE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84887277956     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028     Document Type: Article

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