López-González, P. J.; Briand, P. (2002). A new scleraxonian genus from Josephine Bank, north-eastern Atlantic (Cnidaria, Octocorallia). Hydrobiologia. 482(1/3): 97-105.

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10.1023/a:1021256230344 [view]

López-González, P. J.; Briand, P.

2002

482(1/3): 97-105

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Victorgorgia josephinae gen. nov. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from a colony collected at the Josephine Bank, 1500 m in depth, on the French Victor cruise. As occurred with the discoveries of the genera Briareopsis Bayer, 1993, and Lignopsis Pérez & Zamponi, 2000, the new genus shows a set of mixed characters of two of the scleraxonian families, namely Briareidae and Anthothelidae. The new taxon has been tentatively placed in Anthothelidae waiting for a comprehensive revision of the scleraxonian taxa and their relationships.

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