Bert W Hoeksema and Zarinah Waheed (2012) Onset of autotomy in an attached Cycloseris coral. Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies, 14. pp. 1-2.
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(Scleractinia: Fungiidae) are either complete individuals or fragments in various stages of fission and regeneration (Hoeksema and Waheed 2011). Their fragmentation is initiated by a process of radial skeleton dissolution called autotomy (Yamashiro et al. 1989; Yamashiro and Nishihira 1994). Only unattached fragmenting corals are known, representing the adult anthocyathus stage. The anthocaulus stage in which juveniles of free-living species are still attached, as in
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Fragmentation , Free-living , Fungiidae , Mushroom corals |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling |
| Department: | INSTITUTE > Borneo Marine Research Institute |
| Depositing User: | NORAINI LABUK - |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2018 16:27 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2021 11:59 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20688 |
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