Horowitz, J.; Opresko, D. M.; Herrera, S.; Hansel, C. M.; Quattrini, A. M. (2024). Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia). ZooKeys. 1203: 355-375.

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10.3897/zookeys.1203.121411 [view]

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2DF99255-9469-4D5B-B67F-C64ED9F5419C [view]

Horowitz, J.; Opresko, D. M.; Herrera, S.; Hansel, C. M.; Quattrini, A. M.

2024

1203: 355-375

Publication

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/121411

A new family of antipatharian corals, Ameripathidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia), is established for Ameripathes pseudomyriophylla Opresko & Horowitz, gen. et sp. nov. The new family resembles Myriopathidae and Stylopathidae in terms of the morphology of the polyps and tentacles and the pinnulate branching of the corallum. Phylogenetic analysis using a genomic data set of 741 conserved element loci indicates that the new family is sister to a clade containing the Myriopathidae, Stylopathidae, Antipathidae, and Aphanipathidae.

Caribbean region

Systematics, Taxonomy

Anthozoa

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