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Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia)

  • 1. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United States of America
  • 2. Lehigh University, Lehigh, United States of America|National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United States of America
  • 3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States of America

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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.

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