A new species of Nidalia Gray, 1835 from Mid-Atlantic seamounts (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae)

A new soft coral species of the genus Nidalia, from seamounts to the south of the Azores Archipelago is described. The main features of Nidalia aurantia n. sp. are as following: colony torch-like, a capitulum light orange in colour, not laterally Xattened, dome-shaped and not distinctly projecting b...

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Published in:Helgoland Marine Research
Main Authors: López González, Pablo José, Gili, Josep Maria
Other Authors: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC (part of Springer Nature), United Kingdom 2019
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Seamounts
New species
Nidalia
Octocoral
Online Access:https://idus.us.es/handle//11441/91285
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spelling ftunivsevillair:oai:idus.us.es:11441/91285 2023-05-15T17:31:10+02:00 A new species of Nidalia Gray, 1835 from Mid-Atlantic seamounts (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae) López González, Pablo José Gili, Josep Maria Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología 2019-12-30T12:23:42Z application/pdf https://idus.us.es/handle//11441/91285 eng eng BMC (part of Springer Nature), United Kingdom Helgoland Marine Research, 62, 389-392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-008-0127-6 https://idus.us.es/handle//11441/91285 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY-NC-ND North Atlantic Seamounts New species Nidalia Octocoral info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftunivsevillair https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-008-0127-6 2021-03-24T00:19:56Z A new soft coral species of the genus Nidalia, from seamounts to the south of the Azores Archipelago is described. The main features of Nidalia aurantia n. sp. are as following: colony torch-like, a capitulum light orange in colour, not laterally Xattened, dome-shaped and not distinctly projecting beyond the stalk, an introvert with sparse sclerites transversally placed, and an anthocodial crown with 13–17 sclerite rows. The new species is compared with its closest congeners. This is the Wrst time that a species of Nidalia has been located in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic idUS - Deposito de Investigación Universidad de Sevilla Helgoland Marine Research 62 4 389 392
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topic North Atlantic
Seamounts
New species
Nidalia
Octocoral
spellingShingle North Atlantic
Seamounts
New species
Nidalia
Octocoral
López González, Pablo José
Gili, Josep Maria
A new species of Nidalia Gray, 1835 from Mid-Atlantic seamounts (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae)
topic_facet North Atlantic
Seamounts
New species
Nidalia
Octocoral
description A new soft coral species of the genus Nidalia, from seamounts to the south of the Azores Archipelago is described. The main features of Nidalia aurantia n. sp. are as following: colony torch-like, a capitulum light orange in colour, not laterally Xattened, dome-shaped and not distinctly projecting beyond the stalk, an introvert with sparse sclerites transversally placed, and an anthocodial crown with 13–17 sclerite rows. The new species is compared with its closest congeners. This is the Wrst time that a species of Nidalia has been located in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean.
author2 Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Zoología
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author López González, Pablo José
Gili, Josep Maria
author_facet López González, Pablo José
Gili, Josep Maria
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title A new species of Nidalia Gray, 1835 from Mid-Atlantic seamounts (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae)
title_short A new species of Nidalia Gray, 1835 from Mid-Atlantic seamounts (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae)
title_full A new species of Nidalia Gray, 1835 from Mid-Atlantic seamounts (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae)
title_fullStr A new species of Nidalia Gray, 1835 from Mid-Atlantic seamounts (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae)
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Nidalia Gray, 1835 from Mid-Atlantic seamounts (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae)
title_sort new species of nidalia gray, 1835 from mid-atlantic seamounts (octocorallia, alcyonacea, nidaliidae)
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