Kotatea raekura

Kotatea raekura

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 raekura

Name

Kotatea raekura Kessel et al., 2022

Type locality: NEW ZEALAND • Manawatāwhi/Three Kings Islands, Princes Islands; 34.1759° S, 172.0495° E; depth 10–20 m; 24 Feb. 2002; NIWA exped.; stn Z15942

Holotype: NIWA 101537

Paratypes: AK 73621; NIWA 100968

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.  [original description of Kotatea raekura p. 43–48]

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