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Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2004

Alberto Lindner ,
Stephen D. Cairns  and
Hector M. Guzman
Alberto Lindner
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC, 27708, USA, E-mail: alberto.lindner@duke.edu
Stephen D. Cairns
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, W-329, MRC-0163, Washington, DC, 20013-7012, USA, E-mail: Cairns.Stephen@NMNH.SI.EDU
Hector M. Guzman
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 2072, Balboa, Panama, E-mail: guzmanh@naos.si.edu
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Abstract

Distichopora robusta, the first shallow-water stylasterid coral from the tropical eastern Pacific, is described from the west coast of Panama. The new species is distinguished from all species of Distichopora described thus far by having robust branches and poorly defined pore rows.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 84 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 943 - 947
Copyright
2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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