The genus Alcyonium (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Chile

L. P. Van Ofwegen*, V. Häussermann, G. Försterra

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Abstract

Four new species of Alcyonium (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) are described from Chile. They occur in the shallow waters of the southern fjord region. One of them is an encrusting species, the other three form digitate colonies. Encrusting forms of A. grandis Casas et al., 1997, and A. haddoni Wright & Studer, 1889 were also found in the fjord region, bringing the number of Alcyonium species recorded for Chile to eight. For all six recently collected species SEM images of sclerites are presented, and a key to the Chilean Alcyonium species is included.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-19
Number of pages19
JournalZootaxa
Issue number1607
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Animal Science and Zoology

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