A revision of the genus Calcigorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Acanthogorgiidae) with the description of three new species

Octocorals of the Acanthogorgiid genus Calcigorgia have been examined, from Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and Bering Sea. The four known species are re-described and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of sclerites presented. Three other species are described and depicted, bringing the total number o...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: MATSUMOTO, ASAKO K., VAN OFWEGEN, LEEN P., BAYER, FREDERICK M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2019
Subjects:
Coelenterata
Anthozoa
taxonomy
deep-water octocorals
Japan
Sea of Okhotsk
Bering Sea
new species
subarctic Pacific
Okhotsk
Pacific
Subarctic
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4571.1.1
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.1
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Summary:Octocorals of the Acanthogorgiid genus Calcigorgia have been examined, from Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and Bering Sea. The four known species are re-described and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of sclerites presented. Three other species are described and depicted, bringing the total number of Calcigorgia species to seven. Calcigorgia simushiri, Dautova 2018 is synonymized with C. spiculifera Broch, 1935. A neotype for C. spiculifera has been designated.

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