Towards a phylogenetic classification of reef corals: The Indo-Pacific genera Merulina, Goniastrea and Scapophyllia (Scleractinia, Merulinidae)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 531-548

  Huang, Danwei ^a,b,c   Benzoni, Francesca ^d   Arrigoni, Roberto ^d   Baird, Andrew H ^e   Berumen, Michael L ^f   Bouwmeester, Jessica ^f   Chou, Loke Ming ^c   Fukami, Hironobu ^g   Licuanan, Wilfredo Y ^h   Lovell, Edward R ⁱ   Meier, Rudolf ^c   Todd, Peter A ^c   Budd, Ann F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^h DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; FAVITES; GONIASTREA; MERULINA; MERULINIDAE; PARACLAVARINA; SCAPOPHYLLIA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84905757780     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12061     Document Type: Article

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