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A new genus and species of octocoral with aragonite calcium-carbonate skeleton (Octocorallia, Helioporacea) from Okinawa, Japan [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2015
A new genus and species of octocoral with a calcium-carbonate skeleton, Nanipora kamurai sp. n., is described from a shallow coral reef in Okinawa, Japan.
Yu Miyazaki, James D. Reimer
doaj   +2 more sources

Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of two new deep-sea species of Chrysogorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from Kocebu Guyot (Magellan seamounts) in the Pacific Ocean [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2019
Two new species of Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 collected from Kocebu Guyot in the Magellan seamounts of the Pacific Ocean are described and illustrated: Chrysogorgia ramificans sp. nov.
Yu Xu, Yang Li, Zifeng Zhan, Kuidong Xu
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Mushroom Soft Corals (Octocorallia: Coralliidae) From Seamounts in the Tropical Northwestern Pacific: Morphology and Phylogenetic Analysis Reveal a New Genus and Six New Species

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
Mushroom soft corals in the subfamily Anthomastinae are among the most remarkable octocorals found in the deep sea, characterized by their capitate or mushroom‐shaped red colonies and large autozooids. To date, their species diversity remains largely unknown due to limited research, and their phylogenetic relationships have yet to be explored. Based on
Kuidong Xu, Junyuan Li, Yang Li
exaly   +2 more sources

Molecular and Morphological Species Boundaries in the Gorgonian Octocoral Genus Pterogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Most gorgonian octocoral species are described using diagnostic characteristics of their sclerites (microscopic skeletal components). Species in the genus Pterogorgia, however, are separated primarily by differences in their calyx and branch morphology ...
Herman H Wirshing, Andrew C Baker
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Genetic Divergence and Polyphyly in the Octocoral Genus Swiftia [Cnidaria: Octocorallia], Including a Species Impacted by the DWH Oil Spill

Diversity, 2021
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are recognized around the world as diverse and ecologically important habitats. In the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoMx), MCEs are rocky reefs with abundant black corals and octocorals, including the species Swiftia ...
Janessy Frometa, Peter J. Etnoyer, Andrea M. Quattrini, Santiago Herrera, Thomas W. Greig   +4 more
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Molecular phylogeny and divergence time estimates in pennatulaceans (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)

Scientia Marina, 2020
Pennatulaceans are an important component of benthic marine communities usually related to soft bottoms. Despite their important ecological role, as yet little is known about their origin and divergence time.
Francisco J. García-Cárdenas, Mónica Núñez-Flores, Pablo J. López-González   +2 more
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DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefs

Ilmu Kelautan, 2022
Clavularia inflata was first described from Ternate Island, Indonesia in 1896 and later reported appeared from Japan and Taiwan in 1953.Clavularia (Blainville 1830) soft corals exhibit complex morphological traits that are difficult to differentiate ...
Beginer Subhan, Dietriech G. Bengen, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Fauzan Dzulfannazhir, Luzmi Malia Izza, Nurlita Putri Anggraini, Prakas Santoso, Dondy Arafat, Lalu M. Iqbal Sani, Hawis H. Madduppa   +9 more
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Dead man’s fingers point to new taxa: Two new genera of New Zealand soft corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) and a revision of Alcyonium aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022
The taxonomic status of Alcyonium aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833, an octocoral endemic to New Zealand, was reviewed through morpho-molecular data comparisons in an integrative approach.
Gustav M. Kessel, Philip Alderslade, Jaret P. Bilewitch, Kareen E. Schnabel, Jerry Norman, Romana Tekaharoa Potts, Jonathan P.A. Gardner   +6 more
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New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgia and Eugorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Ecuador, with a description of a new species

Scientia Marina, 2016
New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgia and Eugorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) on the coast of Ecuador are reported. These new records redefine the current known limit of distribution of these species on the eastern Pacific coast (from ...
María del Mar Soler-Hurtado, Annie Machordom, Jesús Muñoz, Pablo J. López-González   +3 more
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Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) re-examined

ZooKeys, 2013
Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) is re-described. Sinularia leptoclados var. gonatodes Kolonko, 1926 is synonymized with S. maxima Verseveldt, 1977.
Leen van Ofwegen, Yehuda Benayahu, Catherine McFadden   +2 more
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