Soft corals, sea fans, gorgonians (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) and black and wire corals (Ceriantipatharia: Antipatharia) from submarine caves in Hong Kong with a checklist of local species and a description of a new species of Paraminabea
Author
Lam, Katherine
Author
Morton, Brian
text
Journal of Natural History
2008
2008-03-31
42
9 - 12
749
780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701862708
journal article
10.1080/00222930701862708
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Echinogorgia
sp. 2
(
Figure 4C
)
Description
Colony spread in one plane with short, side branches that ramify into a fanlike, reticulate structure. The colony is pink with red monomorphic polyps. Calyx sclerites are of the
Echinogorgia
type
with several blade-like projections and tuberculate base processes. These sclerites are of
0.4 mm
x
0.5 mm
. Axis brown and flexible.
Distribution
Echinogogia
is widely distributed in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific.
Remarks
Two specimens, with sizes of
120 mm
×
55 mm
and
190 mm
×
150 mm
, were collected from Steep Island and Conic Island Caves.