Phylogenetic relationships and revision of the genus Blastomussa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) with description of a new species

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 358-378

  Benzoni, Francesca ^a   Arrigoni, Roberto ^a   Waheed, Zarinah ^b   Stefani, Fabrizio ^c   Hoeksema, Bert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

COI; Nemenzophyllia; Parasimplastrea; Physogyra; Plerogyra; rDNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904419374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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