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| Ocaña, O.; López-González, P.J.; Núñez, J.; García-Gómez, J.C.. |
| Sarcodictyon catenatum Forbes, 1847, is a common species in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. However, often it has been mistaken for Rolandia coralloides Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900. On the basis of British and Mediterranean material we studied the main characters for distinguishing S. catenatum. We consider Rolandia coralloides Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900, to be a valid species and we assign to it all the material named Rolandia rosea by S. Weinberg (1978). Furthermore, a histological study confirmed that R. coralloides typically forms groups of polyps embedded in a common coenenchyme. Therefore, the possibility of transferring R. coralloides from Stolonifera to Alcyonacea is discussed. Evagorgia rosea Philippi, 1842, is here considered to be a nomen dubium. |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Stolonifera; Sarcodictyon; Rolandia; North-eastern Atlantic; Mediterranean; 42.79. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/216185 |
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