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Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

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Daly, Marymegan, Fautin, Daphne G., Cappola, Valerie A. (2003): Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 (3): 419-437, DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00084.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00084.x

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