Saropathes Opresko 2002

Genus Saropathes Opresko, 2002 TYPE SPECIES. — Bathypathes scoparia Totton, 1923 (by original designation: Opresko 2002: 425), type locality: 7 miles E of North Cape (New Zealand), 127 m. DIAGNOSIS. — Corallum monopodial, pinnulate and subpinnulate. Primary pinnules arranged in four rows and also in...

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Main Author: Molodtsova, Tina N.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Antipatharia
Schizopathidae
Saropathes
Pacific
New Zealand
North Cape
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5478276
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5478276
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Summary:Genus Saropathes Opresko, 2002 TYPE SPECIES. — Bathypathes scoparia Totton, 1923 (by original designation: Opresko 2002: 425), type locality: 7 miles E of North Cape (New Zealand), 127 m. DIAGNOSIS. — Corallum monopodial, pinnulate and subpinnulate. Primary pinnules arranged in four rows and also in alternating groups of two each. Subpinnules arranged uniserially on anterior (polyp) side of lower order pinnules. Spines triangular compressed, smooth, acute. Polyps 2.8-3.4 mm in transverse diameter. Published as part of Molodtsova, Tina N., 2005, A new species of Saropathes (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia) from the Norfolk Ridge (south-west Pacific, New Caledonia), pp. 699-707 in Zoosystema 27 (4) on page 700, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5402885

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