A revision of the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean
Author
Breedy, Odalisca
Centro de Investigacion en Estructuras Microscopicas, Centro de Investigacion en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Escuela de Biologia, Universidad de Costa Rica. P. O. Box 11501 - 2060, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P. O. Box 0843 - 03092, Panama, Republic of Panama
odaliscab@gmail.com
Author
Guzman, Hector M.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P. O. Box 0843 - 03092, Panama, Republic of Panama
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ZooKeys
2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.54846
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.54846
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Psammogorgia pax Breedy, Guzman, Murillo & Vargas, 2020
Psammogorgia pax
Breedy et al., 2020
: 5-7.
Type locality.
Hannibal Bank, Gulf of
Chiriqui
, Pacific
Panama
.
Diagnosis.
Colonies white, flabellate and branching in one plane, profuse irregularly dichotomous with occasional anastomosis. Calyces slightly raised, not close together with spiny lobes around polyp apertures. Thorny, irregularly-shaped spindles, and wart clubs around the calyx rims; wart clubs up to 0.26 mm long. Coenenchyme granular. Coenenchymal sclerites white, irregular spindles with acute or bifurcated ends or combinations of both as well as warty and irregular radiates. Anthocodial spindles orange, thin and spiny, in collaret and points arrangements. We refer to
Breedy et al. (2020)
for a full description of the species.
Distribution.
This species has only been reported from its type locality in the upper mesophotic habitats of the Hannibal Bank at 63 m depth.