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A review of the genus Iridogorgia (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) and its relatives, chiefly from the North Atlantic Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2007

Les Watling
Les Watling
Affiliation:
Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, ME 04573, USA Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Exploration of the New England and Corner Rise Seamounts produced four new species of chrysogorgiid octocorals with the spiral iridogorgiid growth form. Three species are described as new in the genus Iridogorgia and one is described in the new genus Rhodaniridogorgia. Both genera have representatives in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Iridogorgia magnispiralis sp. nov., is one of the largest octocorals encountered in the deep sea and seems to be widespread in the Atlantic.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 393 - 402
Copyright
2007 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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