Chrysogorgia dendritica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleralcyonacea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Classis: Octocorallia Ordo: Scleralcyonacea

Familia: Chrysogorgiidae
Genus: Chrysogorgia
Species: Chrysogorgia dendritica

Name

Chrysogorgia dendritica Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020

Type locality: Kocebu Guyot in the Magellan Seamount chain with water depth of 1821 m.

Holotype: MBM286354, station FX-Dive 178 (17°20.18′N, 152°41.85′E), Kocebu Guyot, depth 1821 m, 12 April 2018.

Etymology: The Latin adjective dendriticus (dendritic) refers to the dendritic shape of the colony.

ZooBank: F0050AD3-9E65-4B03-8D26-2C687018DCAD

References

• Xu, Y., Zhan, Z-F. & Xu, K-D. 2020. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of three new deep-sea species of Chrysogorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from seamounts in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean. PeerJ. 8: e8832., DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8832 Reference page.