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 D., Cordeiro, Ralf T. S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2017
Subjects:
Animalia
Cnidaria
AnthozoaAnimalia
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Chrysogorgiidae
Flagelligorgia gracilis
unbranched octocoral
biserial polyp arrangement
Radicipes
southeastern USA
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.668.12203
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spelling ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:579528 2024-09-15T18:26:20+00:00 A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic Cairns, Stephen D. Cordeiro, Ralf T. S. 2017-04-12 https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.668.12203 unknown Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.668.12203 oai:zenodo.org:579528 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode ZooKeys, 668, 1-10, (2017-04-12) Animalia Cnidaria AnthozoaAnimalia Anthozoa Alcyonacea Chrysogorgiidae Flagelligorgia gracilis unbranched octocoral biserial polyp arrangement Radicipes southeastern USA info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.668.12203 2024-07-27T06:33:05Z 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 Zenodo ZooKeys 668 1 10
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topic Animalia
Cnidaria
AnthozoaAnimalia
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Chrysogorgiidae
Flagelligorgia gracilis
unbranched octocoral
biserial polyp arrangement
Radicipes
southeastern USA
spellingShingle Animalia
Cnidaria
AnthozoaAnimalia
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Chrysogorgiidae
Flagelligorgia gracilis
unbranched octocoral
biserial polyp arrangement
Radicipes
southeastern USA
Cairns, Stephen D.
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S.
A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic
topic_facet Animalia
Cnidaria
AnthozoaAnimalia
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Chrysogorgiidae
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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Cairns, Stephen D.
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S.
author_facet Cairns, Stephen D.
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S.
author_sort Cairns, Stephen D.
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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