Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of five deep-sea golden gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) in the Western Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species
Explorations of seamounts in the Western Pacific Ocean and South China Sea resulted in collecting 18 specimens of golden gorgonians. Based on the morphology and the genetic analysis of mtMutS, they are described as one new species, Chrysogorgia carolinensis sp. nov., and four known s...
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Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2020-11-01
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Series: | ZooKeys |
Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/53104/download/pdf/ |