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| Ofwegen, L.P. van; Groenenberg, D.S.J.. |
| The current centuries old classification of the family Nephtheidae is still mostly based on colony morphology. In this family the Indo-Pacifc genera Litophyton, Nephthea, Dendronephthya and Stereonephthya, and the Atlantic genus Neospongodes form a complex mix of closely related, poorly described species which cannot be recognized using only colony morphology. Attempts with the more modern approach of comparing skeleton composition (sclerites) have been only partly successful because of the extreme variation of sclerite forms present in these genera. The genus Chromonephthea Van Ofwegen, 2005, introduced for several species previously assigned to Dendronephthya, Nephthea and Stereonephthya, was established with sclerite morphology, but the true generic... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Soft corals; Octocorallia; Nephtheidae; Dendronephthya; Litophyton; Neospongodes; Nephthea; Stereonephthya; Taxonomy; Internal transcribed spacer I and II; Indo-Pacific; 42.72. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/256122 |
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| Ofwegen, L.P. van. |
| A new genus of nephtheid soft corals is described from the Indo-Pacific, 53 species are included, 34 of which are new to science: Chromonephthea aldersladei spec. nov., C. bayeri spec. nov., C. benayahui spec. nov., C. braziliensis spec. nov., C. brevis spec. nov., C. cairnsi spec. nov., C. cobourgensis spec. nov., C. egmondi spec. nov., C. exosis spec. nov., C. franseni spec. nov., C. frondosa spec. nov., C. fruticosa spec. nov., C. goudi spec. nov., C. grandis spec. nov., C. grasshoffispec. nov., C. hoeksemai spec. nov., C. hornerae spec. nov., C. imaharai spec. nov., C. imperfecta spec. nov., C. levis spec. nov., C. megasclera spec. nov., C. minor spec. nov., C. muironensis spec. nov., C. obscura spec. nov., C. ostrina spec. nov., C. palauensis spec.... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Octocorallia; Alcyonacea; Nephtheidae; Chromonephthea; New genus; New species; Indo-Pacific; Endemism; 42.79. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/210125 |
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