NDLI: A new species of shallow-water sea pen (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Kophobelemnidae) from Antarctica

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Author	López González, Pablo J. Gili, Josep Maria Fuentes, Verónica
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	The pennatulacean genus Malacobelemnon has previously been considered to be distributed in the Western Indian and western Pacific Oceans, with one described species and another possible undescribed species from South Africa. An undescribed shallow-water species attributable to this Kophobelemnidae genus has been collected from the Antarctic region (King George, South Shetland Islands). The present paper reports this discovery, providing the description and illustrations of the new species, Malacobelemnon daytoni n. sp. Some of the characters previously considered in the genus Malacobelemnon should be slightly modified to include the new Antarctic species. The general colony shape, the distribution of siphonozooids, number of longitudinal autozooids rows, and the length and shape of the section of axis are the main characters used to distinguish the new species from the other in the genus M. stephensoni Tixier-Durivault 1965. From a bathymetric point of view, Malacobelemnon daytoni n. sp. is one of the shallowest pennatulacean species recorded, being an important contribution to the shallow-water Antarctic fauna.
Starting Page	907
Ending Page	914
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	07224060
Journal	Polar Biology
Volume Number	32
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	14322056
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2009-02-27
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Antarctica Sea pen Pennatulacea Octocorallia Malacobelemnon New species Zoology Ecology Plant Sciences Microbiology Oceanography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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