Black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia): first records and a new species from the Brazilian coast

A new species, Cirripathes secchini (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Abrolhos area (Babia, Brazil) is describes and constitutes the first record to this genus from Brazil. Two other species (Antipathes hirta, first record from the Southwestern Atlantic; and Antipathes fernandezi, first record from...

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Main Author: Carlos Alejandro Echeverría
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2002-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442002000300024