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Leptogorgia ignita, a new shallow-water coral species (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2008

Odalisca Breedy  and
Hector M. Guzman
Odalisca Breedy*
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PO Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
Hector M. Guzman
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PO Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Odalisca Breedy Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y LimnologíaUniversidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica email: odalisca@racsa.co.cr
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Abstract

Leptogorgia ignita is a new gorgonian species characterized by its conspicuous bright orange colour, irregular branching pattern and combination of sclerite types in the coenenchyme, all of the same orange colour, with abundance of capstans and blunt spindles, and less abundant acute spindles. The species was found in a shallow water coral community, 4–12 m deep in Samara Bay, Pacific Costa Rica. Morphologically, L. ignita belongs to the L. rigida-group comprising eight species for the group; 13 Leptogorgia species are known for Costa Rica, and 23 for the entire eastern Pacific. The new species is described, illustrated and compared to the other valid taxa of the group.

Keywords

Leptogorgia ignitashallow water coralnew speciestropical eastern Pacific
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 5 , August 2008 , pp. 893 - 899
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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