A Report on Coralliidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) Specimens Collected from the Emperor Seamounts with Descriptions of Three New Species
Author
Nonaka, Masanori
Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Center, Motobu-cho, Okinawa 905 - 0206, Japan E-mail: m-nonaka @ okichura. jp & Corresponding author
nonaka@okichura.jp
Author
Hayashibara, Takeshi
Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Ishigaki, Okinawa 907 - 0451, Japan
text
Species Diversity
2021
2021-10-14
26
297
342
journal article
10.12782/specdiv.26.297
2189-7301
5739111
1E87A39C-02DE-4710-BFEF-E5C2FBCD54FB
Key to the species of
Hemicorallium
from
Hawaii
and the Western Pacific
1. Coenenchyme (except tip or autozooid mounds) color whitish or yellowish 2
— Coenenchyme color reddish or orangeish 4
2. Autozooid mounds large (
1.4–1.6 mm
in diameter) and tall (
1.7–2.2 mm
), pale red in color
Hemicorallium guttatum
Tu, Dai, and Jeng, 2016
— Autozooid mounds small and short (approx. 1.0 mm), whitish in color 3
3. Branching rather bushy; double-clubs present