Cladistic analysis of Meandrinidae and Oculinidae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) with comments on not applicable characters
A morphological phylogenetic analysis of the coral families Oculinidae and Meandrinidae suggest multiple transitions between colonial and solitary forms. Many morphological characters are logically dependent on a taxon being colonial. The treatment of not applicable characters has remained unresolve...
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University of Iowa
2011
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1136 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2520&context=etd |