A new deep-sea pennatulacean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Chunellidae) from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic)
International audience During the BENGAL cruises, an important collection of deep-sea benthic organisms was sampled. Among the pennatulacean colonies, a previously undescribed species of chunellid was collected. That material is here described as the type species of a new genus, gen. nov. The new ge...
Published in: | Helgoland Marine Research |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2010
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Online Access: | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00637077 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00637077/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00637077/file/PEER_stage2_10.1007%252Fs10152-010-0224-1.pdf https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-010-0224-1 |
Summary: | International audience During the BENGAL cruises, an important collection of deep-sea benthic organisms was sampled. Among the pennatulacean colonies, a previously undescribed species of chunellid was collected. That material is here described as the type species of a new genus, gen. nov. The new genus and species are described based on material collected in the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic), 4,839-4,847 m in depth. This is the first time that a chunellid is reported from the Atlantic Ocean. The new genus is compared with the other genera in the family, and some phylogenetic remarks about the families Chunellidae and Umbellulidae are also provided. |
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