Author:
Breedy Odalisca,Guzman Hector M.
Abstract
Leptogorgia ignitais a new gorgonian species characterized by its conspicuous bright orange colour, irregular branching pattern and combination of sclerite types in the coenenchyme, all of the same orange colour, with abundance of capstans and blunt spindles, and less abundant acute spindles. The species was found in a shallow water coral community, 4–12 m deep in Samara Bay, Pacific Costa Rica. Morphologically,L. ignitabelongs to theL. rigida-group comprising eight species for the group; 13Leptogorgiaspecies are known for Costa Rica, and 23 for the entire eastern Pacific. The new species is described, illustrated and compared to the other valid taxa of the group.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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