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<mods:title>Three new species of the sea fan genus Leptogorgia (Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico</mods:title>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure l" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure l. Map of the Gulf of California and Mexican Pacific showing collection localities of the three new species of Leptogorgia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figurel" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509105" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov. A holotype NMNH- 1638560 B close up of terminal twig C orange chromotype colony D anthocodial and coenenchymal sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509110" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., Scanning Electron Microscopy images of coenenchymal sclerites from the holotype NMNH- 1638560 A acute spindles B dull spindles C capstans." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509111" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Three new species of sea fans, colonies in situ, underwater images A Leptogorgia iridis sp. nov., San Juanito Island, Piedra El Morro, Islas Marias Archipelago, 10 m depth, 23 November 2010, a deep purple colony, at the base a small red wine colony of Leptogorgia ena B Leptogorgia iridis sp. nov., polyps close up C Leptogorgia martirensis sp. nov., Cueva Refugio, San Pedro Martir Island, Sonora, 2 - 3 m depth, 16 July 2010 into the cave several small colonies D Leptogorgia martirensis sp. nov., colony close up E Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., Los Choros, BC, 25 m depth, 10 July 2009, two yellow colonies, a large colony of Eugorgia multifida in the background F Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., El Bajo Sur, Cerralvo Island, BCS, 30 m depth, 23 June 2006, white colony G Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., polyps close up. Photographs by Carlos Sanchez." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509112" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 8E-G</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype</emphasis>
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.
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NMNH-1638560: dry, San Esteban Island (northwest rocky point), Sonora, Mexico (
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), 24 m depth,
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temperature 19 °C, 01 November 1999, collector Carlos
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes</emphasis>
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NMNH-1638561: dry, San Esteban Island (northwest rocky point), Sonora, Mexico (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="112" direction="west" minutes="36.799" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-112.61332">112°36.799'W</geoCoordinate>
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), 24 m depth,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">in situ</emphasis>
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temperature 19 °C, 01 November 1999, collector Carlos
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Sánchez">Sanchez</normalizedToken>
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; NMNH-1638562: dry, San Esteban Island (northwest rocky point), Sonora, Mexico (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="112" direction="west" minutes="36.799" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-112.61332">112°36.799'W</geoCoordinate>
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), 24 m depth,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">in situ</emphasis>
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temperature 19 °C, 03 November 1999, collector Carlos
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; NMNH-1638563: dry, San Pedro Nolasco Island (south rocky point), Sonora, Mexico (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="111" direction="west" minutes="22.001" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-111.366684">111°22.001'W</geoCoordinate>
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), 30 m depth, 20 October 1999, collector Carlos
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type locality.</paragraph>
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San Esteban Island is part of the midriff islands at the upper Gulf of California, and is the 15th largest island in Mexico by area (40 km²), and has predominantly volcanic rocky reefs. San Esteban Island is a UNESCO "Islas del Golfo de California" Biosphere Reserve (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure l" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure l. Map of the Gulf of California and Mexican Pacific showing collection localities of the three new species of Leptogorgia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figurel" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509105" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype colony description.</paragraph>
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A bright yellow colony with planar growth and lateral branching (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov. A holotype NMNH- 1638560 B close up of terminal twig C orange chromotype colony D anthocodial and coenenchymal sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509110" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6A, B</figureCitation>
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). The colony is 15.3 cm high and 115 cm wide. The colony has a 9 mm diameter holdfast attached to a rock of small size (14 mm
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11 mm) of biogenic origin from which emerges the main stem of 15 mm length and 2 mm diameter. The stem has longitudinal grooves. From the stem arise two main branches: one of 35 mm length and 2 mm diameter and the other of 117 mm length and 2 mm diameter. From these branches arise multiple secondary laterally growing branches. The terminal branches measure 20-30 mm long, 1.5 mm diameter, and have sharp points (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov. A holotype NMNH- 1638560 B close up of terminal twig C orange chromotype colony D anthocodial and coenenchymal sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509110" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6B</figureCitation>
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). The polyp mounds are oval of 1 mm length and 0.5 mm width. Mounds are slightly evident with no elevation and are arranged irregularly or in rows on each side of all branches but not the stem.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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holotype NMNH-1638560
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close up of terminal twig
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orange chromotype colony
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anthocodial and coenenchymal sclerites.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype sclerites.</paragraph>
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The dominant type of sclerites is capstans of 0.06 mm length and 0.03 mm width (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., Scanning Electron Microscopy images of coenenchymal sclerites from the holotype NMNH- 1638560 A acute spindles B dull spindles C capstans." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509111" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7C</figureCitation>
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). There are abundant long spindles up to 0.11 mm long and 0.02 mm thick, which may or may not be slightly curved at the tips (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., Scanning Electron Microscopy images of coenenchymal sclerites from the holotype NMNH- 1638560 A acute spindles B dull spindles C capstans." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509111" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7A, B</figureCitation>
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). Crosses are unusual, of 0.06 mm
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0.06 mm diameter (not shown). Anthocodial sclerites are mostly small yellow rods of up to 0.05 mm length and 0.01 mm width, these anthocodial sclerites have smooth edges and blunt tips (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov. A holotype NMNH- 1638560 B close up of terminal twig C orange chromotype colony D anthocodial and coenenchymal sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509110" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6D</figureCitation>
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). Long rods are also present, but in considerably low proportion.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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sp. nov., Scanning Electron Microscopy images of coenenchymal sclerites from the holotype NMNH-1638560
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
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acute spindles
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dull spindles
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capstans.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Morphological variations.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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sp. nov. has arborescent and planar forms of colony growth. The planar colony is the more common morphotype.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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sp. nov. has four solid colony colorations: yellow (Figs
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Three new species of sea fans, colonies in situ, underwater images A Leptogorgia iridis sp. nov., San Juanito Island, Piedra El Morro, Islas Marias Archipelago, 10 m depth, 23 November 2010, a deep purple colony, at the base a small red wine colony of Leptogorgia ena B Leptogorgia iridis sp. nov., polyps close up C Leptogorgia martirensis sp. nov., Cueva Refugio, San Pedro Martir Island, Sonora, 2 - 3 m depth, 16 July 2010 into the cave several small colonies D Leptogorgia martirensis sp. nov., colony close up E Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., Los Choros, BC, 25 m depth, 10 July 2009, two yellow colonies, a large colony of Eugorgia multifida in the background F Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., El Bajo Sur, Cerralvo Island, BCS, 30 m depth, 23 June 2006, white colony G Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., polyps close up. Photographs by Carlos Sanchez." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509112" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8E</figureCitation>
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), orange (Fig.
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), purple, and white (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Three new species of sea fans, colonies in situ, underwater images A Leptogorgia iridis sp. nov., San Juanito Island, Piedra El Morro, Islas Marias Archipelago, 10 m depth, 23 November 2010, a deep purple colony, at the base a small red wine colony of Leptogorgia ena B Leptogorgia iridis sp. nov., polyps close up C Leptogorgia martirensis sp. nov., Cueva Refugio, San Pedro Martir Island, Sonora, 2 - 3 m depth, 16 July 2010 into the cave several small colonies D Leptogorgia martirensis sp. nov., colony close up E Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., Los Choros, BC, 25 m depth, 10 July 2009, two yellow colonies, a large colony of Eugorgia multifida in the background F Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., El Bajo Sur, Cerralvo Island, BCS, 30 m depth, 23 June 2006, white colony G Leptogorgia enrici sp. nov., polyps close up. Photographs by Carlos Sanchez." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509112" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8F, G</figureCitation>
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) plus a rare bicolor colony (yellow with purple rings around the calices). The sclerites of the coenenchyme always have the same coloration as the colony.
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</paragraph>
|
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509112" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 8.</emphasis>
|
||
Three new species of sea fans, colonies
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">in situ</emphasis>
|
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, underwater images
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia iridis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="iridis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia iridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., San Juanito Island, Piedra El Morro, Islas
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Marías">Marias</normalizedToken>
|
||
Archipelago, 10 m depth, 23 November 2010, a deep purple colony, at the base a small red wine colony of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Breedy, Abeytia & Guzman" authorityYear="2012" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia ena" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="ena">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia ena</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia iridis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="iridis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia iridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., polyps close up
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia martirensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="martirensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia martirensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., Cueva Refugio, San Pedro
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Mártir">Martir</normalizedToken>
|
||
Island, Sonora, 2-3 m depth, 16 July 2010 into the cave several small colonies
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia martirensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="martirensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia martirensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., colony close up
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., Los Choros, BC, 25 m depth, 10 July 2009, two yellow colonies, a large colony of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1870" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Eugorgia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eugorgia multifida" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="multifida">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eugorgia multifida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the background
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., El Bajo Sur, Cerralvo Island, BCS, 30 m depth, 23 June 2006, white colony
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., polyps close up. Photographs by Carlos
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sánchez">Sanchez</normalizedToken>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
The purple chromotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. is morphologically similar to the thin and planar morphotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1864" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia rigida" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rigida">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia rigida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; however, both species differ completely in the form of their sclerites. The coenenchyme sclerites of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. rigida" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rigida">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. rigida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
consist mainly of robust capstans with short waists, double heads and spheres (absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.), while the sclerites of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. are mainly thin capstans and long and spindle sclerites; spindles are absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. rigida" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rigida">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. rigida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. These two species are distributed in different habitats:
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. rigida" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rigida">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. rigida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in shallow areas (<10 m depth) attached to rocky reefs, typically inhabiting areas with strong currents or wave action and even in the cracks of rocks, while
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. is found in rocky reefs, sandy or pebble beds at depths usually <20 m depth. The morphology of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. is similar in the type of branching and colony color to
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Verrill" baseAuthorityYear="1868" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia chilensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="chilensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia chilensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Verrill, 1868) and
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Verrill" baseAuthorityYear="1868" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia flexilis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="flexilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia flexilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Verrill, 1868). However, these three species are distinct because
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. has colonies with planar growth and four solid chromotypes (yellow, orange, purple and white) and has many long spindles.
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Verrill" baseAuthorityYear="1868" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia chilensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="chilensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia chilensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. flexilis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="flexilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. flexilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
show arborescent growth typically with branches very close to each other. Each species has a single colony chromotype (
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. chilensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="chilensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. chilensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is orange and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. flexilis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="flexilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. flexilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is red) and spindle sclerites are present in low proportions, with blunt tips rather than the long spindles with pointed tips observed in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. The long and acute spindles in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov., are only comparable in size to the spindles of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Duchassaing & Michelotti" baseAuthorityYear="1864" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia alba" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="alba">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia alba</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Soler-Hurtado, Megina, Machordom & Lopez-Gonzalez" authorityYear="2017" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia manabiensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="manabiensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia manabiensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Soler-Hurtado, Megina, Machordom &
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="López-González">Lopez-Gonzalez</normalizedToken>
|
||
, 2017 (
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04509.01C" author="Soler-Hurtado, MM" journalOrPublisher="Scientia Marina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="147 - 157" refId="B22" refString="Soler-Hurtado, MM, Megina, C, Machordom, A, Lopez-Gonzalez, PJ, 2017b. Foxed intra- and interspecific differentiation in Leptogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). A description of a new species based on multiple sources of evidence. Scientia Marina 81 (2): 147 - 157, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04509.01C" title="Foxed intra- and interspecific differentiation in Leptogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). A description of a new species based on multiple sources of evidence." url="https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04509.01C" volume="81" year="2017 b">Soler-Hurtado et al. 2017b</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). However, these long spindles are the dominant type in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. alba" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="alba">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. alba</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. manabiensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="manabiensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. manabiensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, they are broad with acute ends and crowded tubercles. The dominant type of sclerites of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. are capstans, the spindles are thin with blunt tips and with sparse tubercles. The anthocodial rods of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. alba" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="alba">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. alba</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. manabiensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="manabiensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. manabiensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are flat, long and have scalloped margins; while the anthocodial rods of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. are mostly short with lobed margins and blunt tips.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat and distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. is endemic to the Gulf of California (Cortez Province according to the biogeographic regions of
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Brusca, RC" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="67 - 105" refId="B11" refString="Brusca, RC, Wallerstein, BR, 1979. Zoogeographic pattern of idoteid isopods in the northeast Pacific, with a review of shallow water zoogeography of the area. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 3: 67 - 105" title="Zoogeographic pattern of idoteid isopods in the northeast Pacific, with a review of shallow water zoogeography of the area." volume="3" year="1979">Brusca and Wallerstein 1979</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00166.x" author="Hasting, PA" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="319 - 335" refId="B15" refString="Hasting, PA, 2000. Biogeography of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: distribution and phylogeny of chaenopsid fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128 (3): 319 - 335, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00166.x" title="Biogeography of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: distribution and phylogeny of chaenopsid fishes." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00166.x" volume="128" year="2000">Hasting 2000</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.'s highest densities are concentrated at the northern Gulf of California (northern Cortez sub-province) (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure l" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure l. Map of the Gulf of California and Mexican Pacific showing collection localities of the three new species of Leptogorgia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619.figurel" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/509105" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1</figureCitation>
|
||
), associated with the lowest winter sea surface temperature (SST, 15 °C), the widest annual range of SST (15-30 °C), and high marine productivity (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1143105" author="Ulate, K" journalOrPublisher="Marine Biology Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="389 - 401" refId="B23" refString="Ulate, K, Sánchez, C, Sánchez-Rodríguez, A, Alonso, D, Aburto-Oropeza, O, Huato-Soberanis, L, 2016. Latitudinal regionalization of epibenthic macroinvertebrate communities on rocky reefs in the Gulf of California. Marine Biology Research 12 (4): 389 - 401, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1143105" title="Latitudinal regionalization of epibenthic macroinvertebrate communities on rocky reefs in the Gulf of California." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1143105" volume="12" year="2016">Ulate et al. 2016</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. inhabits substrates of rocky reefs, or pebbly and shell seafloor habitats surrounded by sand, in shallow waters (5-40 m depth), but most frequently between 20-40 m.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. may also be distributed in deeper waters.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. occurs in low densities scattered on the reefs (<1 colony 100 m2) and never clustered in several colonies. Marine ecological censuses carried out during 2009, 2010 and 2018 showed
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. enrici</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. is distributed at the Mid-Rift Archipelago of the Gulf of California (
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ángel">Angel</normalizedToken>
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de la Guarda, Partida, Salsipuedes, Las
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ánimas">Animas</normalizedToken>
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, San Lorenzo, San Esteban, San Pedro
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Mártir">Martir</normalizedToken>
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, Tortuga and San Marcos) and at the coast of Baja California peninsula (Los Choros).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. has been collected with scuba at 40 m in the central and southern Gulf of California (Isla Danzante and Isla Cerralvo).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. shares its habitat with
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Muricea</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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spp.,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Valenciennes" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea plantaginea" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="plantaginea">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Muricea plantaginea</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Valenciennes, 1846),
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1869" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea austera" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="austera">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Muricea austera</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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Verrill, 1869,
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea fruticosa" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="fruticosa">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Muricea fruticosa</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
Verrill, 1869,
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||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Horn" baseAuthorityYear="1860" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Eugorgia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eugorgia aurantiaca" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="aurantiaca">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eugorgia aurantiaca</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
(Horn, 1861),
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||
<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Psammogorgia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Psammogorgia teres" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="teres">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Psammogorgia teres</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Verrill, 1868, and
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||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1870" class="Anthozoa" family="Paramuriceidae" genus="Heterogorgia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Heterogorgia papillosa" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="papillosa">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Heterogorgia papillosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Verrill, 1870.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
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||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hernández & Gómez-Gutiérrez & Sánchez" authorityYear="2021" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia enrici" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="enrici">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leptogorgia enrici</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. is named in honor of Dr. Enric Sala, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence actively engaged in the exploration, research, and science communication to advance ocean conservation. Enric Sala is a passionate enthusiast of marine life and the conservation of Mexican seas who actively collaborates to generate marine biodiversity knowledge. He founded and leads the National
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Geographic’s">Geographic's</normalizedToken>
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Pristine Seas project that has conducted 30 expeditions in the world, creating 22 no-take large marine reserve (~5 million km2 of no-fishing zones).
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</subSection>
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