Chrysogorgia fragilis

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 fragilis

Name

Chrysogorgia fragilis Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020

Type locality: Kocebu Guyot in the Magellan Seamount chain with water depths of 1279–1321 m.

Holotype: MBM286351, station FX-Dive 172 (17° 23.64′N, 153°6.07′E), Kocebu Guyot, depth 1321 m, 1 April 2018.

Paratype: MBM286352, station FX-Dive 173 (17°28.12′N, 153°10.07′E), Kocebu Guyot, depth 1279 m, 7 April 2018.

Etymology: The Latin adjective fragilis (fragile) refers to the fragile stem and branches of the species.

ZooBank: 562CFDA7-88F5-4D81-8FE5-BDE1F56A3EEC

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.