A new genus and species of Octocoral with aragonite calcium-carbonate skeleton (Octocorallia, Helioporacea) from Okinawa, Japan

ZooKeys

Volumn 2015, Issue 511, 2015, Pages 1-23

  Miyazaki, Yu ^a   Reimer, James Davis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aragonite skeleton; Molecular phylogeny; New species; Octocoral; Relict species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; HELIOPORA; HELIOPORACEA;

EID: 84936757676     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.511.9432     Document Type: Article

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