Dendrophyllia alternata Pourtales 1880 ...
Dendrophyllia alternata Pourtalès, 1880 (Figs. 6 E–G, tables 1−3) Dendrophyllia alternata: Zibrowius 1980: 178, pl. 90, figs. A–J.—Ramil Blanco & Fernández Pulpeiro 1990: 28.—Cairns & Chapman 2001: 35 (tab. 1).—Brito & Ocaña 2004: 427, fig. 157.—Kitahara 2007: 510, fig. 5j.—Reveillaud et...
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| Summary: | Dendrophyllia alternata Pourtalès, 1880 (Figs. 6 E–G, tables 1−3) Dendrophyllia alternata: Zibrowius 1980: 178, pl. 90, figs. A–J.—Ramil Blanco & Fernández Pulpeiro 1990: 28.—Cairns & Chapman 2001: 35 (tab. 1).—Brito & Ocaña 2004: 427, fig. 157.—Kitahara 2007: 510, fig. 5j.—Reveillaud et al. 2008: 322 (tab. 1), 325 (fig. 4).—Altuna 2010: 21. Material examined. Galicia Bank: Stn. R 2, 614 m, three small dead fragments, worn. Description. Corallum colonial, attached, branched in one plane. Largest fragments examined 4.1−5.5 cm long, up to 0.69 cm width, and much eroded. Branches originating above adcauline wall of calices. Coenosteum scarcely porous, with porosity only apparent near calicular margin. Costae prominent, covering the whole coenosteum, rounded, well individualized due to deep intercostal striae, with delicate spines. Corallites oblique to axis and located laterally in one plane, alternatively left and right, giving sometimes the colony a zig-zag habitus. Corallites 0.3−0.4 cm in height ... : Published as part of Altuna, Álvaro, 2013, Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from ECOMARG 2003, 2008 and 2009 expeditions to bathyal waters off north and northwest Spain (northeast Atlantic), pp. 101-128 in Zootaxa 3641 (2) on pages 118-119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/217798 ... |
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