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Saropathes Opresko 2002

  • 1. P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, 36 Nakhimovskii prospect, Moscow 117218 (Russia) tina @ sio. rssi. ru

Description

Genus Saropathes Opresko, 2002

TYPE SPECIES. — Bathypathes scoparia Totton, 1923 (by original designation: Opresko 2002: 425), type locality: 7 miles E of North Cape (New Zealand), 127 m.

DIAGNOSIS. — Corallum monopodial, pinnulate and subpinnulate. Primary pinnules arranged in four rows and also in alternating groups of two each. Subpinnules arranged uniserially on anterior (polyp) side of lower order pinnules. Spines triangular compressed, smooth, acute. Polyps 2.8-3.4 mm in transverse diameter.

Notes

Published as part of Molodtsova, Tina N., 2005, A new species of Saropathes (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia) from the Norfolk Ridge (south-west Pacific, New Caledonia), pp. 699-707 in Zoosystema 27 (4) on page 700, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5402885

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Schizopathidae
Genus
Saropathes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Antipatharia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Opresko
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Saropathes Opresko, 2002 sec. Molodtsova, 2005

References

  • OPRESKO D. M. 2002. - Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part II. Schizopathidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 76 (22): 411 - 442.
  • TOTTON A. K. 1923. - Coelentherata. Part III, Antipatharia (and their Cirripede commensals). British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910, Natural history report Zoology 5: 97 - 120.