Umbellula pomona sp. Nov., a new sea pen from mar del plata submarine canyon (cnidaria: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)

• Published in: European Journal of Taxonomy
• Main Authors: Risaro, Jessica Ayelen, Williams, Gary, Pereyra Villaurreta, Maria Daniela Renée, Lauretta, Daniel Marcelo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
• Subjects: ARGENTINA; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; OCTOCORALS; TAXONOMY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Argentino; Argentina; Pereyra; Pomona; Antarc*; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/131278

Sea pens (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Pennatulacea) constitute a distinctive group of colonial marine invertebrates. They inhabit the world`s oceans, from shallow to deep waters. Studies about this group in Argentina are scarce, and no species have been described in the area in over a decade. Based on sampl...