Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic
Author
Lima, Manuela M.
Author
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S.
Author
Perez, Carlos D.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-05
4692
1
1
67
journal article
24975
10.11646/zootaxa.4692.1.1
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1175-5326
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Genus
Plumapathes
Opresko, 2001
a
Type-species.
Antipathes pennacea
Pallas, 1766
(by original designation).
Diagnosis.
“Corallum sparsely to densely branched and tending to be planar. Stem and branches pinnulate. Primary pinnules simple, relatively uniform in size, and not subpinnulate; arranged in two, very regular bilateral rows; pinnules in each row alternating with those in opposite row” (
Opresko, 2001
a).
Distribution.
IndoPacific, eastern Pacific and Atlantic (
Opresko, 2001
a).