Morphological measurements and video annotation of the new octocoral Swiftia phaeton sp. nov. during the cruise MSM 16-3 Phaeton in 2010 off the Mauritanian Slope

Swiftia phaeton, a new species, is described for Mauritania where it is endemic at the upper bathyal. This azooxanthellate octocoral is distinctive from congeneric species in the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea by the dark red coloration of the colonies and polyps, the presence of a layer of rod s...

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Main Authors: Sampaio, Íris, Beuck, Lydia, Carreiro-Silva, Marina, Menezes, Gui, Freiwald, André
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2020
Subjects:
ATLAS
A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe
Coral garden
Mauritania
NW Africa
Octocorallia
Plexauridae
Taxonomy.
vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME)
Lophelia pertusa
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.910893
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.910893

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