A new genus and species of pennatulacean octocoral from equatorial West Africa (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Virgulariidae)
| Autor: | Gary C. Williams |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Cnidaria
Gulf of Guinea Sea pen Virgularia Zoology Nigeria Genus Pennatulacea Anthozoa Botany West Africa Animalia Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics sea pens biology AnthozoaAnimalia Virgulariidae biology.organism_classification CnidariaAnimalia Key (lock) Animal Science and Zoology Coenenchyme new genus and species key to the virgulariid genera Research Article |
| Zdroj: | ZooKeys ZooKeys 546: 39-50 |
| ISSN: | 1313-2989 |
| Popis: | A new genus and species of sea pen or virgulariid pennatulacean from the Gulf of Guinea in the tropical eastern Atlantic is described, and a key to the genera of the Virgulariidae is included. The new genus and species described here adds to the previously described five other genera of the family. It is distinguished by unique sclerite and polyp leaf characters from the superficially-similar genus Virgularia, which lacks conspicuous sclerites in the polyp leaves and coenenchyme (other than minute oval bodies that are generally |
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