Revision of the genus Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) with the description of three new species Author Breedy, Odalisca text Zootaxa 2018 2018-01-05 4369 3 327 348 journal article 31070 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.3.2 46e89323-2930-4b98-a26b-4ef7cd978a1f 1175-5326 1135792 4939D717-EC0A-488C-86C7-62D0BD2F976F 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