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Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) in the scleractinian phylogeny and its intraspecific diversity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Addamo Anna M, Reimer James D, Taviani Marco, Freiwald André, Machordom Annie
Abstract excerpt
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 structure, (3) test the widespread connectivity hypothesis and (4) assess the utility of different nuclear and...
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