A new species of Alertigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Anthothelidae) from the Indo Malayan region

A new species of Alertigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Anthothelidae) from the Indo Malayan region

A new species of Alertigorgia from Indonesian waters is described and depicted, and compared with the hitherto only described species in the genus, A. orientalis (Ridley, 1884). The species is part of a unique association in which a mollusc species lives on an octocoral, which on its turn lives on a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Zoologische mededelingen 2007, Vol.81 (1-17), p.241
Hauptverfasser: Ofwegen, L.P. van, Alderslade, P
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Alertigorgia
Anthozoa
Coelenterata
Indonesia
new species
Oceanapia
Octocorallia
Ovulidae
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Zusammenfassung:A new species of Alertigorgia from Indonesian waters is described and depicted, and compared with the hitherto only described species in the genus, A. orientalis (Ridley, 1884). The species is part of a unique association in which a mollusc species lives on an octocoral, which on its turn lives on a sponge species.
ISSN:0024-0672