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Cairns, S.D. (2018). Deep-Water Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Part 1: Suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys. 729: 1-46.
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Cairns, S.D.
2018
Deep-Water Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Part 1: Suborder Calcaxonia
ZooKeys
729: 1-46
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Tirteen species of deep-water calcaxonian octocorals belonging to the families Primnoidae, Chrysogorgiidae, and Isididae collected from o? the Galápagos and Cocos Islands are described and fgured. Seven of these species are described as new; nine of the 13 are not known outside the Galápagos region. Of the four species occurring elsewhere, two also occur in the eastern Pacifc, one o? Hawaii, and one from o? Antarctica. A key to the 22 Indo-Pacifc species of Callogorgia is provided to help distinguish those species.
East Pacific
Biodiversity, Taxonomic and ecological diversity
Systematics, Taxonomy
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Callogorgia galapagensis Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Callogorgia kinoshitai (Kükenthal, 1913) (basis of record)
Calyptrophora reedi Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Chrysogorgia laevorsa Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Chrysogorgia midas Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Isidella tenuis Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Paracalyptrophora enigma Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Parastenella pomponiae Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Callogorgia kinoshitai (Kükenthal, 1913) (basis of record)
Calyptrophora reedi Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Chrysogorgia laevorsa Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Chrysogorgia midas Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Isidella tenuis Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Paracalyptrophora enigma Cairns, 2018 (original description)
Parastenella pomponiae Cairns, 2018 (original description)
