New records of octocorals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Brazilian coast

Aquatic Biology

关键词: Octocorallia . Alcyonacea . Geographic distribution . South Atlantic Ocean;   

DOI  :  10.3354/ab00363

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: The Oceanography Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco (DOCEAN-UFPE) possesses a large collection of octocoral samples from the Brazilian coast; most of which were collected during expeditions carried out on the oceanographic ships ‘Akaroa,’ ‘Almirante Saldanha,’ ‘Antares,’ ‘Calypso,’ and ‘Canopus’ between 1965 and 1971. This paper focuses on 7 new octocoral records that resulted from these surveys, of which 5 are first records for South Atlantic waters:

【 授权许可】

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