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SUBMITTER: Miyazaki Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4523743 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miyazaki Yu Y Reimer James Davis JD
ZooKeys 20150702 511
A new genus and species of octocoral with a calcium-carbonate skeleton, Naniporakamurai sp. n., is described from a shallow coral reef in Okinawa, Japan. Contrary to most octocorals, the skeleton is composed of crystalline aragonite as in blue coral Heliopora. The results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mtMutS, COI, and ITS1-5.8s-ITS2-28S region suggest Nanipora gen. n. specimens should be included in order Helioporacea. Based on morphological results compared with other Helio ...[more]