Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan

A new soft coral species, Xeniakonohanasp. nov. (Alcyonacea, Xeniidae), is described from Miyazaki in the warm-temperate region of Japan. This new species has conspicuous and unique spindle sclerites in addition to the simple ellipsoid platelet-shaped sclerites typically found in the genus Xenia. Th...

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Autores principales: Koido, Tatsuki, Imahara, Yukimitsu, Fukami, Hironobu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8831390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35210904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1085.77924
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Imahara, Yukimitsu
Fukami, Hironobu
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description A new soft coral species, Xeniakonohanasp. nov. (Alcyonacea, Xeniidae), is described from Miyazaki in the warm-temperate region of Japan. This new species has conspicuous and unique spindle sclerites in addition to the simple ellipsoid platelet-shaped sclerites typically found in the genus Xenia. These unique spindles are a specific key morphological characteristic for this new species and for differentiating this species among congeneric species.
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spelling pubmed-88313902022-02-23 Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan Koido, Tatsuki Imahara, Yukimitsu Fukami, Hironobu Zookeys Research Article A new soft coral species, Xeniakonohanasp. nov. (Alcyonacea, Xeniidae), is described from Miyazaki in the warm-temperate region of Japan. This new species has conspicuous and unique spindle sclerites in addition to the simple ellipsoid platelet-shaped sclerites typically found in the genus Xenia. These unique spindles are a specific key morphological characteristic for this new species and for differentiating this species among congeneric species. Pensoft Publishers 2022-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8831390/ /pubmed/35210904 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1085.77924 Text en Tatsuki Koido, Yukimitsu Imahara, Hironobu Fukami https://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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Koido, Tatsuki
Imahara, Yukimitsu
Fukami, Hironobu
Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan
title Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan
title_full Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan
title_fullStr Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan
title_short Xeniakonohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan
title_sort xeniakonohana sp. nov. (cnidaria, octocorallia, alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family xeniidae from miyazaki, japan
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8831390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35210904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1085.77924
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