Die Gorgonaria des östlichen Nordatlantik und des Mittelmeeres, II. Die Gattung Acanthogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) : Auswertung der "Atlantischen Kuppenfahrten 1967" von F.S. "Meteor"

1. Three species of the genus Acanthogorgia (Farn. Acanthogorgiidae) are known to occur in the eastern North Atlantic; two of them are described as new: granulata n. sp., pico n. sp., hirsuta GRAY. The latter was also found in the Mediterranean. 2.The three species are quite distinct in their morpho...

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Main Author: Grasshoff, Manfred
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:German
Published: Bornträger 1973
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Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56787/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56787/1/Grasshoff_M_1973_D.pdf
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Summary:1. Three species of the genus Acanthogorgia (Farn. Acanthogorgiidae) are known to occur in the eastern North Atlantic; two of them are described as new: granulata n. sp., pico n. sp., hirsuta GRAY. The latter was also found in the Mediterranean. 2.The three species are quite distinct in their morphological characters. Each is morphologically similar to a species of the West Atlantic. The three pairs are: hirsuta/aspera, granulata/muricata, and pico/armata.