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A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region)

Abstract. A new genus of soft coral from the Republic of Congo is described, Complexum gen. n. Nine West African octocoral species previously described in the genus Alcyonium by Tixier-Durivault (1955) are referred to this new genus, and a new species is described and figured, Complexum pusillum sp....

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Autores principales: Van Ofwegen, Leen P., Aurelle, Didier, Sartoretto, Stéphane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.462.8533
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description Abstract. A new genus of soft coral from the Republic of Congo is described, Complexum gen. n. Nine West African octocoral species previously described in the genus Alcyonium by Tixier-Durivault (1955) are referred to this new genus, and a new species is described and figured, Complexum pusillum sp. n. The new species is characterized by having encrusting growth form and abundant spiny clubs in the surface of the polyparium. It colonizes shallow calcareous rocky banks (5 to 20 m depth) existing in coastal water of the region of Pointe-Noire. Based on molecular phylogeny this new genus is well separated from Alcyonium species.
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spelling pubmed-42844282015-01-14 A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region) Van Ofwegen, Leen P. Aurelle, Didier Sartoretto, Stéphane Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new genus of soft coral from the Republic of Congo is described, Complexum gen. n. Nine West African octocoral species previously described in the genus Alcyonium by Tixier-Durivault (1955) are referred to this new genus, and a new species is described and figured, Complexum pusillum sp. n. The new species is characterized by having encrusting growth form and abundant spiny clubs in the surface of the polyparium. It colonizes shallow calcareous rocky banks (5 to 20 m depth) existing in coastal water of the region of Pointe-Noire. Based on molecular phylogeny this new genus is well separated from Alcyonium species. Pensoft Publishers 2014-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4284428/ /pubmed/25589850 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.462.8533 Text en Leen P. Van Ofwegen, Didier Aurelle, Stéphane Sartoretto http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Van Ofwegen, Leen P.
Aurelle, Didier
Sartoretto, Stéphane
A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region)
title A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region)
title_full A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region)
title_fullStr A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region)
title_full_unstemmed A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region)
title_short A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region)
title_sort new genus of soft coral (cnidaria, octocorallia) from the republic of congo (pointe-noire region)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.462.8533
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