Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Five Species Including Three New Species of Golden Gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from Seamounts in the Western Pacific

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Five Species Including Three New Species of Golden Gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from Seamounts in the Western Pacific

Members of genus <i>Iridogorgia</i> Verrill, 1883 are the typical deep-sea megabenthos with only seven species reported. Based on an integrated morphological-molecular approach, eight sampled specimens of <i>Iridogorgia</i> from seamounts in the tropical Western Pacific are i...

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Main Authors: Yu Xu, Zifeng Zhan, Kuidong Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Biology
Subjects:
Anthozoa
Chrysogorgiidae
<i>Iridogorgia flexilis</i>
<i>Iridogorgia verrucosa</i>
<i>Iridogorgia densispiralis</i>
taxonomy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/7/588

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