Four new species of Thouarella (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae) from Antarctic waters

Four new Antarctic species of the genus Thouarella, all of them belonging to the subgenus Thouarella, are described and illustrated from material collected at the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and off Atka Bay (eastern Weddell Sea) on the Polarstern cruises ANT XIX/5 (LAMPOS), and AN...

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Published in:Scientia Marina
Main Authors: Rebeca Zapata-Guardiola, Pablo J. López-González
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2010
Subjects:
cnidaria
octocorallia
primnoidae
antarctica
thouarella
Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH1-691
Antarctic
Atka
Sandwich Islands
South Georgia
South Sandwich Islands
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2010.74n1131
https://doaj.org/article/0472982339eb4ef0ab1adc3b90d093a6
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Summary:Four new Antarctic species of the genus Thouarella, all of them belonging to the subgenus Thouarella, are described and illustrated from material collected at the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and off Atka Bay (eastern Weddell Sea) on the Polarstern cruises ANT XIX/5 (LAMPOS), and ANT XXIV/2 (ANDEEP-SYSTCO). The study of our new taxa allows us to describe a wider variation in the number of the distal cycles of polyp scales, as well as the existence in the genus (and subgenus) of additional species with planar colonial morphologies. The new species are compared with their closest congeners.

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