Southern hemisphere deep-water stylasterid corals including a new species, Errinalabrosa sp. n. (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Stylasteridae), with notes on some symbiotic scalpellids (Cirripedia, Thoracica, Scalpellidae)
Author
Pica, Daniela
Author
Cairns, Stephen D.
Author
Puce, Stefania
Author
Newman, William A.
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ZooKeys
2015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8547
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8547
1313-2970-472-1
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Taxon classification Animalia Anthoathecata Stylasteridae
Genus
Stephanohelia Cairns, 1991
Diagnosis.
Colonies with irregular shape, all with commensal polychaetes. Branches polychotomous with gastropores exclusively in the branch axils. Coenosteal texture linear-imbricate. Gastrostyle massive. Dactylopore spines small and without dactylostyles. Male ampullae superficial.
Discussion.
The genus
Stephanohelia
is monospecific (
Cairns 1991
). The genus is easily diagnosed by its characteristic polychotomous branching and the gastropores exclusively at branch axils.
Type species.
Stephanohelia praecipua
Cairns, 1991.
Depth range.
318-793 m.
Distribution.
New Zealand and New Caledonia.