The Octocoral Fauna of the Gulf

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 225-252

  Samimi Namin, Kaveh ^a   van Ofwegen, Leen ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colony Shape; Diving Depth; Gastrovascular Cavity; Great Barrier Reef; Soft Coral

Indexed keywords

EID: 85199438203     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3008-3_12     Document Type: Chapter

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