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A new species of the sun coral genus Tubastraea (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from Hong Kong

  • 1. Department of Biology and Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China & 20482205@life.hkbu.edu.hk; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6212-7339
  • 2. Department of Biology and Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China & sheena98@connect.hku.hk; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-4311
  • 3. Department of Biology and Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China & Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China & HKBU Institute of Research and Continuing Education, Virtual University Park, Shenzhen, China & qiujw@hkbu.edu.hk; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1541-9627

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Yiu, Sam King Fung, Chung, Sheena Suet-Wah, Qiu, Jian-Wen (2021): A new species of the sun coral genus Tubastraea (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from Hong Kong. Zootaxa 5047 (1): 1-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.1.1

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