Revision of the genus Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) with the description of three new species
Author
Breedy, Odalisca
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Zootaxa
2018
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Key to the species of the genus
Adelogorgia
Bayer, 1958
1. Colony colour white or lemon-yellow; coenenchymal sclerites colourless or yellow; polyp mounds almost flat; anthocodial rods up to
0.3 mm
long..........................................................................
A. telones
1´. Colony colour in red tones (pink, orange, red); coenenchymal sclerites red, orange, pink, whitish or colourless; polyp-mounds flat, slightly raised or prominent; anthocodial rods less than
0.3 mm
long......................................... 2
2. Colony orange, sparsely branched, flexible; branching scarce, dichotomous; end branches up to
7 cm
long; polyp-mounds prominent.................................................................................
A. hannibalis
2´. Colony red brighter or darker, flabellate or bushy; branching abundant, lateral, dichotomous or irregular; end branches up to
4 cm
; polyp mounds almost flat, or slightly raised............................................................. 3
3. Polyp-mounds prominent, with a distinct coral red colour, contrasting with the colony colour.............
A. osculabunda
3´. Polyp-mounds almost flat or slightly raised, without a distinct colour, blending with the colony colour.................. 4
4. Colony red, flabellate, in one plane; polyp mounds almost flat; sclerites red and colourless; anthocodial sclerites up to 0.1
7 mm
long.....................................................................................
A. phyllosclera
4´. Colonies dark red, bushy, in several planes; polyp mounds slightly raised; sclerites red, dark orange and colourless; anthocodial sclerites up to
0.23 mm
long..................................................................
A. adusta