Opresko, D. M. (2015). New species of black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from New Zealand and adjacent regions. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 42(3): 145-164.
New species of black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from New Zealand and adjacent regions
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
42(3): 145-164
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Seven new species of antipatharian corals are described from the territorial waters of New Zealand and adjacent regions. Differential diagnoses are given and comparisons are made to related nominal species.
Described as new are: Antipathes leptocrada; Antipathes craticulata; Asteriopathes octocrada; Phanopathes zealandica; Tetrapathes latispina; Parantipathes dodecasticha; and Parantipathes robusta.