Kotatea aurantiacum

Kotatea aurantiacum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alcyoniina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Alcyoniina

Familia: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Kotatea
Species: Kotatea aurantiacum

Name

Kotatea aurantiacum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Kessel et al., 2022

original combination: Alcyonium aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Type locality: Firth of Thames, North Island, NZ, depth ~14–18 m.

Syntype: MNHN-IK-2000-128 [1]

Synonymy

• Alcyonium aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
• Kotatea aurantiaca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) [wrong ending of epithet]

References

• Kessel, G.M., Alderslade, P., Bilewitch, J.P., Schnabel, K.E., Norman, J., Tekaharoa Potts, R., Gardner, J.P.A. 2022. Dead man’s fingers point to new taxa: Two new genera of New Zealand soft corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) and a revision of Alcyonium aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833. European Journal of Taxonomy. 837(1): 1–85. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.837.1923 Reference page.  [as Kotatea aurantiaca nov. comb. p. 17–24]

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