The deep-sea pennatulacean genus Porcupinella – with the description of a new species from Tasmania (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chunellidae)
Williams, G.C. (2021). The deep-sea pennatulacean genus Porcupinella – with the description of a new species from Tasmania (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chunellidae). ZooKeys 1019: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1019.61789
In: ZooKeys. Pensoft: Sofia. ISSN 1313-2989; e-ISSN 1313-2970, more
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| Keywords |
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Chunellidae Kükenthal, 1902 [WoRMS]; Pennatulacea [WoRMS]; Porcupinella López-González & Williams, 2011 [WoRMS]; Porcupinella tasmanica Williams, 2021 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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Deep-sea pennatulaceans, key to chunellid species, Porcupinella tasmanica sp. nov., sea pens, systematics, worldwide distribution |
| Abstract |
The recently described deep-sea pennatulacean genus Porcupinella was previously known only by the type species, Porcupinella profunda from the equatorial eastern Atlantic to the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. New data is provided on morphology, distribution, bathymetry, and related taxa. A second species is added here as well – a new species is described from the Tasman Sea in the southwestern Pacific. The new species, Porcupinella tasmanica, is distinguished from P. profunda by its distinctive hook-shaped growth form, laterally compressed dorsal keel, and differing regions that are occupied by siphonozooids. A key to the species of the deep-sea pennatulacean family Chunellidae is included based on comparative morphology. |
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