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Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)

  • 1. Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, P.O. Box 1962-2100, San José, Costa Rica, odalisca@racsa.co.cr Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute P.O. Box 2072, Balboa, Panamá, guzmanh@naos.si.edu

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Breedy, Odalisca, Guzman, Hector M. (2003): Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). Zootaxa 281 (1): 1-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.128.1.1, URL: http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.128.1.1

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