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Digitate and capitate soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from Western Australia with reports on new species and new Australian geographical records

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Bryce, Monika, Poliseno, Angelo, Alderslade, Philip, Vargas, Sergio (2015): Digitate and capitate soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from Western Australia with reports on new species and new Australian geographical records. Zootaxa 3963 (2): 160-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.2

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