A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic

A new genus and species of unbranched golden coral, Flagelligorgia gracilis, is described based on several specimens collected off the southeastern coast of the United States. The genus is provisionally included in the family Chrysogorgiidae, pending molecular confirmation. Flagelligorgia morphologi...

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Published in:ZooKeys
Main Authors: Cairns,Stephen, Cordeiro,Ralf
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017
Subjects:
Flagelligorgia gracilis
unbranched octocoral
biserial polyp arrangement
Radicipes
southeastern USA
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.668.12203
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12203/
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spelling ftpensoft:10.3897/zookeys.668.12203 2023-05-15T17:45:31+02:00 A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic Cairns,Stephen Cordeiro,Ralf 2017 text/html https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.668.12203 https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12203/ en eng Pensoft Publishers info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1313-2970 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1313-2989 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ZooKeys 668: 1-10 Flagelligorgia gracilis unbranched octocoral biserial polyp arrangement Radicipes southeastern USA Research Article 2017 ftpensoft https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.668.12203 2022-03-01T12:34:23Z A new genus and species of unbranched golden coral, Flagelligorgia gracilis, is described based on several specimens collected off the southeastern coast of the United States. The genus is provisionally included in the family Chrysogorgiidae, pending molecular confirmation. Flagelligorgia morphologically resembles other unbranched chrysogorgiids, such as Distichogorgia, Chalcogorgia, Helicogorgia and Radicipes, to which it is compared. The type species is illustrated and its distribution mapped. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic Pensoft Publishers ZooKeys 668 1 10
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topic Flagelligorgia gracilis
unbranched octocoral
biserial polyp arrangement
Radicipes
southeastern USA
spellingShingle Flagelligorgia gracilis
unbranched octocoral
biserial polyp arrangement
Radicipes
southeastern USA
Cairns,Stephen
Cordeiro,Ralf
A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic
topic_facet Flagelligorgia gracilis
unbranched octocoral
biserial polyp arrangement
Radicipes
southeastern USA
description A new genus and species of unbranched golden coral, Flagelligorgia gracilis, is described based on several specimens collected off the southeastern coast of the United States. The genus is provisionally included in the family Chrysogorgiidae, pending molecular confirmation. Flagelligorgia morphologically resembles other unbranched chrysogorgiids, such as Distichogorgia, Chalcogorgia, Helicogorgia and Radicipes, to which it is compared. The type species is illustrated and its distribution mapped.
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Cordeiro,Ralf
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Cordeiro,Ralf
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title A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic
title_short A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic
title_full A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic
title_fullStr A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic
title_full_unstemmed A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic
title_sort new genus and species of golden coral (anthozoa, octocorallia, chrysogorgiidae) from the northwest atlantic
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