Some Octocorals from the Antarctic Waters off Prince Harald Coast
A small collection of octocorals was made by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition Research Ship SOYA and her consort UMITAKA-MARU of the Tokyo University of Fisheries, in the Antarctic waters off Prince Harald Coast near the Syowa Base during the 1957-1958 cruises. Among the collected specimen...
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| Language: | English |
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Seto Marine Biological Laboratoly
1964
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| Online Access: | https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=759 http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00000759/ https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=759&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1 |
| Summary: | A small collection of octocorals was made by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition Research Ship SOYA and her consort UMITAKA-MARU of the Tokyo University of Fisheries, in the Antarctic waters off Prince Harald Coast near the Syowa Base during the 1957-1958 cruises. Among the collected specimens only four species mentioned below were identified. Alcyonium clavatum (PFEFFER) Acanthogorgia incrustata KUKENTHAL Malacogorgia capensis HICKSON Thouarella (Thouarella) longispinosa KUKENTHAL The first species, Alcyonium clavatum, has hitherto been recorded only from South Georgia and Falkland, South America, and the third Malacogorgia capensis has been known only from South Africa. Both species are morphologically and systematically of great interest, and their occurrence in Antarctica is also significant from a biogeographical viewpoint. |
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