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Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Brazilian reefs

2010; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 44; Issue: 13-14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00222930903441160

ISSN

1464-5262

Autores

Clovis B. Castro, Marcelo Semeraro de Medeiros, Livia L. Loiola,

Tópico(s)

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Resumo

Brazilian reef octocorals have been relatively poorly studied. The last major review was published in the early 1960s by F.M. Bayer. The current study includes a full historical and literature review of Brazilian reef octocorals and lists 17 species. Four new species are described: Muriceopsis metaclados, Leptogorgia pseudogracilis, Stephanogorgia rattoi and Trichogorgia brasiliensis. Two new synonyms are proposed: Olindagorgia gracilis (Verrill, 1868) with Olindagorgia marcgravii (Bayer, 1961 Bayer, FM. 1961. The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. Uitgaven: Natuurwetenchappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen., 23: 1–373. [Google Scholar]), and Ellisella elongata (Pallas, 1766 Pallas, PS. 1766. Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succinctas descriptiones cum selectis auctorum synonymis (Hagae Comitum)., [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) with Ellisella barbadensis (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864 Duchassaing, P and Michelotti, J. 1864. Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. Mem R Accad Sci Torino., 23(2): 97–206. [Google Scholar]). Current knowledge on Muriceopsis is included, but the Muriceopsis sulphurea complex needs a thorough revision. Whenever there is not a recent evaluation of a species, it is fully described and illustrated, its main synonymies are included, and distributional ranges are indicated. An identification key is provided.

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