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Virgulariidae Verrill 1868
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Description
Key to species of Virgulariidae in the South Atlantic Bight
1. Colony stout and rigid, with leaves arranged in overlapping pairs along axis. Sclerites generally absent...................................................................................................................................................... Virgularia presbytes Bayer, 1955
- Colony slender and flexible, leaves arranged in offset pairs distinctly separated along the axis. Sclerites in form of large needles, forming fan-like structures beneath leaves.................................. Stylatula elegans (Danielssen, 1860)
Notes
Published as part of Devictor, Susan T. & Morton, Steve L., 2010, Identification guide to the shallow water (0 - 200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight 2599, pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 2599 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2599.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10095192
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.2599.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10095192 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF91FFDFFFCE7D4F2A16FFCE653BFF8A (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03A887A7FFD97D582A81FC5160A0FBD5 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Virgulariidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Pennatulacea
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Scientific name authorship
- Verrill
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868 sec. Devictor & Morton, 2010
References
- Bayer, F. M. (1955) Remarkably preserved fossil sea-pens and their recent counterparts. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 45, 294 - 300.
- Danielssen, D. C. (1860) Beskrivelse over en ny Art Virgularia. Forhandler. Videnskabsselsk. Christiania, 1859, 251 p.