New taxa and revisionary systematics of alcyonacean octocorals from the Pacific coast of North America (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)
Williams, G.C. (2013). New taxa and revisionary systematics of alcyonacean octocorals from the Pacific coast of North America (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). ZooKeys 283(283): 15-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.283.4803
In: ZooKeys. Pensoft: Sofia. ISSN 1313-2989; e-ISSN 1313-2970, more
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| Keywords |
Alcyonacea [WoRMS]; Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Cryptophyton Williams, 2000 [WoRMS]; Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 [WoRMS]; Octocorallia [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
Alcyonium, Cryptophyton, Gersemia, Octocorallia, northeastern Pacific, plexaurid gorgonian, soft corals, taxonomy |
| Abstract |
A taxonomic assessment of four species of octocorals from the northeastern Pacific Ocean (British Columbia to California) is provided. Included here are a new species of clavulariid stolonifieran Cryptophyton, a new species of the nephtheid soft coral Gersemia, an undetermined species of soft coral in the genus Alcyonium that has been referred in the literature by several other names, and a new genus is named for a plexaurid sea fan originally described in the Indo-Pacific genus Euplexaura. Discussions are included that compare the species to related taxa, or provide revisionary assessments. |
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