The "fungia patella group" (Scleractinia, fungiidae) revisited with a description of the mini mushroom coral cycloseris boschmai sp. N.

ZooKeys

Volumn 371, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-84

  Hoeksema, Bert W ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Budding; Collection; Coral reef; Coral triangle; Feldwork; Free living; Fungiid; Indo pacific; Solitary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892724024     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.371.6677     Document Type: Article

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