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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Main Authors: Yu Xu, Zifeng Zhan, Kuidong Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-11-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/53104/download/pdf/