A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea, Cladiellidae) and three new species from Indo-Pacific coral reefs

Molecular systematic studies of the anthozoan class Octocorallia have revealed widespread incongruence between phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic classification at all levels of the Linnean hierarchy. Among the soft coral taxa in order Malacalcyonacea, the family Alcyoniidae and its type genus...

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Published in:ZooKeys
Main Authors: Catherine S. McFadden, Yehuda Benayahu, Kaveh Samimi-Namin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2024-01-01
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/110617/download/pdf/