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New octocoral records for the Ecuadorian Tropical Eastern Pacific

Diana Carolina Vergara-Floreza Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Marina (BIOMMAR), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia;b Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9349-4027View further author information
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Rubén Abadc Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro Nacional de Acuicultura e Investigaciones Marinas, CENAIM, Guayaquil, Ecuador;d Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y Agua, Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Napo, EcuadorORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1546-2307View further author information
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Karla. B Jaramilloc Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro Nacional de Acuicultura e Investigaciones Marinas, CENAIM, Guayaquil, EcuadorORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2547-4152View further author information
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Jenny Rodríguezc Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro Nacional de Acuicultura e Investigaciones Marinas, CENAIM, Guayaquil, EcuadorORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4773-0700View further author information
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Adriana Sarmientoa Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Marina (BIOMMAR), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaView further author information
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Juan Armando Sáncheza Laboratorio de Biología Molecular Marina (BIOMMAR), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1139-1151 | Received 17 Aug 2021, Accepted 01 Apr 2022, Published online: 11 Oct 2022

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