Saropathes Opresko 2002

• Main Author: Molodtsova, Tina N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Antipatharia; Schizopathidae; Saropathes; Antarctic; Pacific; New Zealand; North Cape; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5478275; https://zenodo.org/record/5478275

Genus Saropathes Opresko, 2002 TYPE SPECIES. — Bathypathes scoparia Totton, 1923 (by original designation: Opresko 2002: 425), type locality: 7 miles E of North Cape (New Zealand), 127 m. DIAGNOSIS. — Corallum monopodial, pinnulate and subpinnulate. Primary pinnules arranged in four rows and also in alternating groups of two each. Subpinnules arranged uniserially on anterior (polyp) side of lower order pinnules. Spines triangular compressed, smooth, acute. Polyps 2.8-3.4 mm in transverse diameter. : Published as part of Molodtsova, Tina N., 2005, A new species of Saropathes (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia) from the Norfolk Ridge (south-west Pacific, New Caledonia), pp. 699-707 in Zoosystema 27 (4) on page 700, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5402885 : {"references": ["OPRESKO D. M. 2002. - Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part II. Schizopathidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 76 (22): 411 - 442.", "TOTTON A. K. 1923. - Coelentherata. Part III, Antipatharia (and their Cirripede commensals). British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910, Natural history report Zoology 5: 97 - 120."]}