Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) in the scleractinian phylogeny and its intraspecific diversity.

The cosmopolitan solitary deep-water scleractinian coral Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) was selected as a representative model species of the polyphyletic Caryophylliidae family to (1) examine phylogenetic relationships with respect to the principal Scleractinia taxa, (2) check population struc...

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Main Authors: Anna M Addamo, James D Reimer, Marco Taviani, André Freiwald, Annie Machordom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23209679/?tool=EBI