New primnoid genus and species (Alcyonacea: Primnoidae) from the southwestern Atlantic

Stephen D. Cairns

doi:10.2988/11-35.1

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Stephen D. Cairns¹

¹Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Was

Abstract

A new genus and species of primnoid octocoral, Heptaprimnoa patagonica, is described from deep water from the cold temperate/Subantarctic region off Argentina and Burdwood Bank. It is distinguished from other primnoid genera by having only seven rows of body wall scales.

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Stephen D. Cairns "New primnoid genus and species (Alcyonacea: Primnoidae) from the southwestern Atlantic," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(2), 180-188, (1 August 2012). https://doi.org/10.2988/11-35.1

Published: 1 August 2012