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SUBMITTER: Cairns SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5538003 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]