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The phylogeny of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata, Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae): a case study of the use of continuous characters in the systematics of the Octocorallia

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  • 1. Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, P.O. Box 1962-2100, San José (Costa Rica) present address: Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Molecular Geo- and Palaeobiology Laboratory, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Richard-Wagner Str. 10, D-80333 Munich (Germany) s.vargas@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
  • 2. Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, P.O. Box 1962-2100, San José (Costa Rica) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon (Panama) odalisca@racsa.co.cr
  • 3. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon (Panama) guzmanh@si.edu

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Vargas, Sergio, Breedy, Odalisca, Guzman, Hector M. (2010): The phylogeny of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata, Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae): a case study of the use of continuous characters in the systematics of the Octocorallia. Zoosystema 32 (1): 5-18, DOI: 10.5252/z2010n1a1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2010n1a1

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