Diversity patterns of the South African azooxanthellate scleractinians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), with considerations of environmental correlates

• Zoleka N. Filander ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zfilander@gmail.com

  Affiliations Biodiversity and Coastal Research, Oceans and Coasts, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Cape Town, South Africa, Zoology Department, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6905-4440

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• Kerry J. Sink,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa

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• Marcelo V. Kitahara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, Brazil, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Stephen D. Cairns,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Amanda T. Lombard

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa

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