Taxonomic status of Euphylliidae corals in Peninsular Malaysia based on morphological structures and phylogenetic analyses using Mitochondrial COI Gene1

• Main Authors: Khodzori, Mohd. Fikri Akmal, Saad, Shahbudin, Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry, Ku Sulong, Ku Abdullah Ulwan, Mat Zain, Khairul Amira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56863/1/2017%20Fikri%20et%20al%20Taxonomic%20status%20Euphylliidae%20corals.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56863/

The morphological and molecular studies provide greater taxonomic resolution for the scleractinian coral identification. The Euphylliidae corals are among the scleractinian family for which their corallite and polyp morphologies have been examined for species identification. However, knowledge on th...