Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 333-348

  Cairns, Stephen D ^a   Jaap, Walter C ^b   Lang, Judith C ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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