First record of Viminella sp. (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea: Ellisellidae) in the Persian Gulf

Abstract. This paper presents the first record of Viminella Gray 1870 from the Persian Gulf. This genus has a global distribution and its largest distribution is in the Indo-Pacific region. A single specimen was collected by a local fisherman from south Hengam Island (the north Persian Gulf) from 60...

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Autores principales: Shahbazi, Shemshad, Sakhaei, Nasrin, Zolgharnein, Hossein, McFadden, Catherine S
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Short Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6592969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31258374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e33089
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author Shahbazi, Shemshad
Sakhaei, Nasrin
Zolgharnein, Hossein
McFadden, Catherine S
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description Abstract. This paper presents the first record of Viminella Gray 1870 from the Persian Gulf. This genus has a global distribution and its largest distribution is in the Indo-Pacific region. A single specimen was collected by a local fisherman from south Hengam Island (the north Persian Gulf) from 60-70 m depth. Colony morphology characteristics were examined by stereomicroscope and optical microscope. Descriptions of the colony and other taxonomic characteristics are provided. The colony is unbranched with a height of 12 cm and its basal diameter is approximately 1.63 mm. The sclerites of the coenenchyme comprise a variety of symmetrical double heads and capstan-like forms (0.05-0.11 mm). In the wall of calyces, slightly elongated double heads, capstans and spindles (about 0.08-0.19 mm) are present. Our finding extends the known geographical distribution of this genus in the Indo-Pacific region to the Persian Gulf.
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spelling pubmed-65929692019-06-28 First record of Viminella sp. (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea: Ellisellidae) in the Persian Gulf Shahbazi, Shemshad Sakhaei, Nasrin Zolgharnein, Hossein McFadden, Catherine S Biodivers Data J Short Communications Abstract. This paper presents the first record of Viminella Gray 1870 from the Persian Gulf. This genus has a global distribution and its largest distribution is in the Indo-Pacific region. A single specimen was collected by a local fisherman from south Hengam Island (the north Persian Gulf) from 60-70 m depth. Colony morphology characteristics were examined by stereomicroscope and optical microscope. Descriptions of the colony and other taxonomic characteristics are provided. The colony is unbranched with a height of 12 cm and its basal diameter is approximately 1.63 mm. The sclerites of the coenenchyme comprise a variety of symmetrical double heads and capstan-like forms (0.05-0.11 mm). In the wall of calyces, slightly elongated double heads, capstans and spindles (about 0.08-0.19 mm) are present. Our finding extends the known geographical distribution of this genus in the Indo-Pacific region to the Persian Gulf. Pensoft Publishers 2019-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6592969/ /pubmed/31258374 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e33089 Text en Shemshad Shahbazi, Nasrin Sakhaei, Hossein Zolgharnein, Catherine S McFadden 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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Shahbazi, Shemshad
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Zolgharnein, Hossein
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First record of Viminella sp. (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea: Ellisellidae) in the Persian Gulf
title First record of Viminella sp. (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea: Ellisellidae) in the Persian Gulf
title_full First record of Viminella sp. (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea: Ellisellidae) in the Persian Gulf
title_fullStr First record of Viminella sp. (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea: Ellisellidae) in the Persian Gulf
title_full_unstemmed First record of Viminella sp. (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea: Ellisellidae) in the Persian Gulf
title_short First record of Viminella sp. (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea: Ellisellidae) in the Persian Gulf
title_sort first record of viminella sp. (anthozoa: alcyonacea: ellisellidae) in the persian gulf
topic Short Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6592969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31258374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e33089
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