The black coral fauna (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of Bermuda with new records
Author
Wagner, Daniel
Author
Shuler, Andrew
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-07
4344
2
367
379
journal article
31608
10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.11
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Genus
Distichopathes
Opresko, 2004
The genus
Distichopathes
is characterized by colonies that are monopodial or sparsely branched, with branching that tends to be planar (
Opresko, 2004
). The stem and branches are pinnulate, but not subpinnulate. The simple pinnules are primarily arranged in two lateral rows. The pinnules in each lateral row alternate with those of the opposite row (
Opresko, 2004
). The genus
Distichopathes
has not been previously recorded from Bermudan waters (
Locke
et al.
, 2013
), and is thus here reported from Bermuda for the first time.