van Ofwegen, L.P.; McFadden, C.S. (2009). A new family of octocorals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Cameroon waters. Journal of Natural History. 44(1): 23-29.

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10.1080/00222930903359669 [view]

van Ofwegen, L.P.; McFadden, C.S.

2009

44(1): 23-29

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Acanthoaxis wirtzi, a new genus and new species of octocoral, is described and depicted for specimens collected in shallow water off Botha Island, Cameroon, West Africa. A new family, Acanthoaxiidae, is proposed to accommodate the new genus. The characters of this family are the total lack of sclerites; the axis having a narrow, hollow, soft, cross-chambered central core; and the axis surface having prominent spines.

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