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New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgia and Eugorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Ecuador, with a description of a new species
- Source :
- Scientia Marina. 80:369-394
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Editorial CSIC, 2016.
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Abstract
- New records of the genera Leptogorgia, Pacifigorgia and Eugorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) on the coast of Ecuador are reported. These new records redefine the current known limit of distribution of these species on the eastern Pacific coast (from southern California to Chile). Some of these species are reported for the first time since their original description. The newly collected specimens allow for the measurement of the variability of several morphological characters, from colonial to sclerite levels. Additionally, Pacifigorgia machalilla n. sp. is described and compared with its closest rela-tives. Morphological differentiation among related species is supported by genetic divergence estimated from an extended barcode of MutS + Igr + COI.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Gorgoniidae
biology
Octocorallia
Morphological differentiation
Ecology
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Pacifigorgia
Aquatic Science
Leptogorgia
Oceanography
biology.organism_classification
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Genetic divergence
Pacifigorgia machalilla
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18868134 and 02148358
- Volume :
- 80
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientia Marina
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........bce977abeea8c98d699c35cc8c389f83