Acanella scarletae France 2017, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: France, Scott C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Alcyonacea; Isididae; Acanella; Acanella scarletae; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6044397; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6044397

Acanella scarletae sp. nov. Figures 15 and 16 Material examined: Holotype: Collected via trawl aboard NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown, Norfolk Canyon, Atlantic Ocean, 36.8993 -74.4586, 1670̄ 1694 m depth, 7 May 2013, Station RB-13-030, Specimen ID # TR03010. Deposited in the National Museum of Natural History; USNM 1416576. GenBank accession # KX 270225, KX 270214. Paratype: Collected via trawl aboard NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown, Norfolk Canyon, Atlantic Ocean, 36.8993 -74.4586, 1670̄ 1694 m depth, 7 May 2013, Station RB-13-030, Specimen ID # TR03033. Deposited in the National Museum of Natural History; USNM 1416577. Other material: Three specimens collected via trawl aboard NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown, Norfolk Canyon, 36.8993 -74.4586, 1670- 1694 m depth, 7 May 2013, Station RB-13-030, Specimen ID #s TR03047, TR03044, TR03049. Diagnosis: Acanella with 3̄ 4 mm tall polyps. Polyps densely packed with needle-like sclerites running longitudinally up body wall. Body sclerites do not extend to tentacles, leaving distal ... : Published as part of France, Scott C., 2017, A taxonomic review of the genus Acanella (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Isididae) in the North Atlantic Ocean, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 359-390 in Zootaxa 4323 (3) on pages 381-382, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/919804 ...