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A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic.


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Cairns SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5538003 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A new genus and species of golden coral (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from the Northwest Atlantic.

Cairns Stephen D SD   Cordeiro Ralf T S RTS  

ZooKeys 20170412 668


A new genus and species of unbranched golden coral, <i>Flagelligorgia gracilis</i>, 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. <i>Flagelligorgia</i> morphologically resembles other unbranched chrysogorgiids, such as <i>Distichogorgia</i>, <i>Chalcogorgia</i>, <i>Helicogorgia</i> and <i>Radicipes</i>, to which it is compared. The type species i  ...[more]

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