Ushanaia ferruginea Kessel & Alderslade & Bilewitch & Schnabel & Norman & Potts & Gardner 2022, gen. et sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Kessel, Gustav M., Alderslade, Philip, Bilewitch, Jaret P., Schnabel, Kareen E., Norman, Jerry, Potts, Romana Tekaharoa, Gardner, Jonathan P. A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Alcyonacea; Alcyoniidae; Ushanaia; Ushanaia ferruginea; New Zealand; Gardner; North Cape; Stephenson
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7094122; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7094122

Ushanaia ferruginea gen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B82A7D8A-03FB-4B8B-93F8-B02DA463A319 Figs 1B, D, 2I, 28A, 29–30 Diagnosis Colonies encrusting, orange with white polyps. Collaret and points may be colourless or orange and consist of slender, often flattened, warty spindles. Tentacles contain irregular, warty, scale-like sclerites. Polyp neck contains abundant tuberculate to warty rod-like sclerites. Polyp mounds contain larger warty rod-, spindle-, and club-like forms. Surface contains radiates, grading into more elongated warty clubs. Interior with warty radiates. Etymology The species name is the Latin ‘ ferruginea ’, meaning ‘rusty or rust-coloured’ and referring to the colour and encrusting habit of the examined specimens. Material examined Holotype NEW ZEALAND • Northland, ~ 8 km SE of Cape Brett; 35.2160° S, 174.4033° E; depth 99–105 m; 6 Jul. 2009; Oceans Survey 2020 exped.; stn TAN0906/38; NIWA 156313. Paratypes NEW ZEALAND – Northland • 4 specimens (and several small fragments); ~ 16 km ESE of North Cape; 34.4650° S, 173.2115° E; depth 140–141 m; 13 Jul. 2009; Oceans Survey 2020 exped.; stn TAN0906/134; NIWA 24533 • 3 specimens; ~ 27 km SE of North Cape; 34.5570° S, 173.28533° E; depth 139–141 m; 13 Jul. 2009; Oceans Survey 2020 exped.; stn TAN0906/132; NIWA 56056 • 3 specimens; ~ 22 km NE of Whangaroa Bay; 34.8302° S, 173.8940° E; depth 149–151 m; 9Jul. 2009; Oceans Survey 2020 exped.; stn TAN0906/93; NIWA 55605 • 5 specimens (and several small fragments); same collection data as for holotype; NIWA 54984. Additional material NEW ZEALAND – Northland • 3 specimens; ~ 14 km E of North Cape; 34.4000° S, 173.1717° E; depth 249–252 m; 15 Oct. 1968; New Zealand Oceanographic Institute exped.; stn F933; NIWA 3976 • 4 specimens (and several small fragments); ~ 10 km E of North Cape; 34.4137° S, 172.1333° E; depth 133–210 m; 19 Apr. 1999; Coral Reef Research Foundation exped.; stn Z9742; NIWA 143081 • 2 specimens; ~ 8 km ESE of North Cape; 34.4398° S, 173.1297° E; depth 110–115 m; 15 Jul. 2009; ...