Leiopathes montana Molodtsova, 2011, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Molodtsova, Tina N.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Antipatharia; Leiopathidae; Leiopathes; Leiopathes montana; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192078; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6192078

Leiopathes montana sp. nov. Fig. 2, Fig. 3 (A–C), Fig. 4, Fig. 5 (A–D, G, H), Fig. 6 Antipathes glaberrima Grasshoff 1985: 73, 78–79 Leiopathes glaberrima Piepenburg & Müller, 2004: 61 p.p. Leiopathes glaberrima Opresko & Baron-Szabo, 2001: 17; Molodtsova 2006: 149. Holotype. Senkenberg Museum[SMF –11.987], the Great Meteor seamount: P397 St 93–1. ROV Cherokee-1000 30º04.9748’N, 28º 29.9912’W, 316 m. Paratype MNHN [IK– 2007–10], the Great Meteor seamount - Seamount 2 Sta. CP 177: 29°58.40’N, 28°38.10’W, 315 m. Other material. Ifremer Brest reference collection, no number, Seamount 2 Sta. CP 138: 30°01.90’N, 28°29.00’W, 300 m, dried colony; Ifremer Brest reference collection, no number, Seamount 2 Sta. DE 140: 30°01.10’N, 28°27.70’W, 308 m dried colony; MNHN, no number Seamount 2 Sta. CP 144: 30°09.90’N, 28°29.04’W, 335 m, few dried fragments. Diagnosis. Corallum irregularly sympodially branched in all directions. Branchlets arranged on all sides of lower-order branch, but some branchlets can arise ... : Published as part of Molodtsova, Tina N., 2011, A new species of Leiopathes (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Great Meteor seamount (North Atlantic), pp. 52-64 in Zootaxa 3138 on pages 55-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201527 ...