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An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary

Abstract. The 120 presently recognized genera and seven subgenera of the azooxanthellate Scleractinia are keyed using gross morphological characters of the corallum. All genera are illustrated with calicular and side views of coralla. All termes used in the key are defined in an illustrated glossary...

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Autores principales: Cairns, Stephen D., Kitahara, Marcelo V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.227.3612
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description Abstract. The 120 presently recognized genera and seven subgenera of the azooxanthellate Scleractinia are keyed using gross morphological characters of the corallum. All genera are illustrated with calicular and side views of coralla. All termes used in the key are defined in an illustrated glossary. A table of all species-level keys, both comprehensive and faunistic, is provided covering the last 40 years.
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spelling pubmed-34876482012-11-19 An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary Cairns, Stephen D. Kitahara, Marcelo V. Zookeys Article Abstract. The 120 presently recognized genera and seven subgenera of the azooxanthellate Scleractinia are keyed using gross morphological characters of the corallum. All genera are illustrated with calicular and side views of coralla. All termes used in the key are defined in an illustrated glossary. A table of all species-level keys, both comprehensive and faunistic, is provided covering the last 40 years. Pensoft Publishers 2012-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3487648/ /pubmed/23166463 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.227.3612 Text en Stephen D. Cairns, Marcelo V. Kitahara http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary
title An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary
title_full An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary
title_fullStr An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary
title_full_unstemmed An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary
title_short An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary
title_sort illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the recent azooxanthellate scleractinia (cnidaria, anthozoa), with an attached glossary
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.227.3612
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