Plexaura kuna Lasker, Kim & Coffroth, 1996
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Lasker, H. R., Kim, K., & Coffroth, M. A. (1996). Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 58(1), 277–288. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=342082
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Malacalcyonacea
- family
- Plexauridae
- genus
- Plexaura
- species
- Plexaura kuna
Name
Bibliographic References
- Grajales V.A., Aguilar C., Sánchez J. (2007). Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 90.</em>
- Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K. (1996). Larval development and settlement behavior of the gorgonian coral Plexaura kuna (Lasker, Kim and Coffroth). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 207(1-2): 161-175. 10.1016/s0022-0981(96)02625-1
- Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K.; Coffroth, M. A. (1996). Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 58(1), 277-288.
- Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
- Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
- Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
- van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.