A new species of the genus Psammogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Hannibal Bank in Pacific Panama

 

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Autores: Breedy Shadid, Odalisca, Guzmán Espinal, Héctor M., Murillo Cruz, Catalina, Vargas, Sergio
Formato: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2019
Descripción:The octocoral faunas occurring at mesophotic depths (from 40 to 150 m) have been relatively unexplored. Recent expeditions to Hannibal Bank, a guyot seamount off Pacific Panama, have yielded new octocoral species and new records for the tropical eastern Pacific. Herein, we describe a new species for the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868a, Psammogorgia pax sp. nov., characterized by having a whitish flabellate colony with orange polyp apertures, slightly raised and sparse calyces, and colorless coenenchymal sclerites (which are mostly spindles and large wart-clubs). A preliminary molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the differences between the new species with other congener and related taxa.
País:Kérwá
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/79839
Acceso en línea:https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/pre-prints/content-bms_9530;jsessionid=14e45disvz9oi.x-ic-live-03#Supp
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/79839
Palabra clave:Vida marina
Fauna y flora marina
Ecosistema marino
Vida marina - Panamá