Deep-water octocorals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from Brazil: Family Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 Author Cordeiro, Ralf T. S. Author Castro, Clovis B. Author Pérez, Carlos D. text Zootaxa 2015 4058 1 81 100 journal article 39269 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.4 0a5c2246-b30c-462f-aed3-f96d8c472953 1175-5326 241598 BA3DD6C8-38B0-4EE0-80B4-C316E814C3D1 KEY TO SPECIES OF THE FAMILY CHRYSOGORGIIDAE OF BRAZIL 1 Colonies branched.............................................................................. 2 1’ Colonies unbranched.......................................... Radicipes kopelatos sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 H, 6, 9) 2 Colonies ramified in one plane.................................................................... 3 2’ Colonies ramified in more than one plane........................................................... 4 3 Colonies with pinnate or alternate branching........................................ Stephanogorgia rattoi 3’ Colonies with dichotomous branching............................................................. 7 4 Body wall sclerites longitudinaly arranged.......................................................... 5 4’ Body wall sclerites transversely arranged............................................................ 6 5 From 1 to 3 nodes per branch, distance between branches 1.0– 1.5 mm , body wall of polyps with rotund rods evenly warted and usually rounded ends (cucumber shape), coenenchymal scales with few and sparse warts................................................................................ Chrysogorgia elegans ( Fig. 2 G) 5’ From 3 to 6 nodes per branch, distance between branches is 2.0–8.0 mm, body walls of polyps with spindles with big and sparse warts and usually acute ends, coenenchymal scales evenly warted.......................................................................................... Chrysogorgia tuberculata sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 B) 6 Body wall of polyps with cylindrical spindles, rarely exceeding 0.06 mm in width............................................................................................. Chrysogorgia fewkesii ( Fig. 2 C,E) 6’ Body wall of polyps with flattened spindles, up to 0.13 mm in width............ Chrysogorgia multiflora ( Fig. 2 F) 7 Spindles absent, dichotomous colonies, with terminal branches reaching or exceeding half-height of one completely developed colony........................................................... Trichogorgia braziliensis 7’ Spindles present, dichotomous colonies, with short terminal branches.... Chrysogorgia upsilonia sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 A,D)