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A new genus and species of octocoral with aragonite calcium-carbonate skeleton (Octocorallia, Helioporacea) from Okinawa, Japan
Abstract. A new genus and species of octocoral with a calcium-carbonate skeleton, Nanipora kamurai sp. n., is described from a shallow coral reef in Okinawa, Japan. Contrary to most octocorals, the skeleton is composed of crystalline aragonite as in blue coral Heliopora. The results of molecular phy...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4523743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26257549 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.511.9432 |