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From: Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals

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SEM images of candelabrum coral sclerites. A-D. Sclerites (ornamented spindles, scale 0.1 mm) from the middle layer: A. Eunicea flexuosa (Lamouroux,1821) comb. nov. (scale 0.1 mm). B. E. laciniata Duchassaing & Michelotti C. Plexaura kuna Lasker et al. (1996). D. Eunicea sp. 1. E-F. Club sclerites from the coenenchyme surface. E. P. kuna (scale 0.1 mm). F. E. flexuosa (scale 0.04 mm).

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