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Chromoplexaura Williams 2013

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Description

Key to species of Chromoplexaura and related taxa in California

1a. Colonies planar and sparsely branched. Coenenchymal sclerites are broad to ovoid spindles with densely set tubercles, capstans, girdled spindles, elongated radiates, and/or tuberculated crosses................................................................... 2

1b. Colonies unbranched to copiously branched or bushy. Coenenchymal sclerites may include elongate to needlelike spindles, compact radiates, double discs, and/or disc spindles...... 3

2a. Colonies red. Coenenchymal sclerites include ovoid spindles and girdled spindles................................................. Chromoplexaura marki (Kükenthal, 1913)

2b. Colonies yellow. Coenenchymal sclerites include capstans, elongated radiates, and crosses......................................... Chromoplexaura cordellbankensis sp. nov.

3a. Colonies unbranched or Y-shaped............................................... 4

3b. Colonies branched – copiously branched or bushy................................. 5

4a. Colonies white; polyp mounds low-rounded.. Swiftia farallonesica Williams & Breedy, 2016

4b. Colonies coral red to dark red. Polyp mounds prominent – conical to low cylindrical........................................................ Swiftia simplex (Nutting, 1909)

5a. Branching bushy, polyp mounds prominent – conical to cylindrical.................... 6

5b. Branching sparse, polyp mounds low-rounded. Colonies coral red with white polyps...................................................... Swiftia spauldingi (Nutting, 1909)

6a. Polyp mounds truncated conical; sclerites are radiates and elongate spindles with rounded tubercles.......................................... Swiftia torreyi (Nutting, 1909)

6b. Polyp mounds stout, conical to cylindrical; sclerites are primarily elongate spiny spindles, often needle-like and curved............................... Swiftia kofoidi (Nutting, 1909)

Notes

Published as part of Williams, Gary C. & Breedy, Odalisca, 2019, A New Species of Gorgonian Octocoral from the Mesophotic Zone off the Central Coast of California, Eastern Pacific with a Key to Related Regional Taxa (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), pp. 143-158 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65 (6) on pages 146-147, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11067011

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/830C8781F029FFA3E2D4B1ABFB7D0AFA

Related works

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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.11067011 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/7F35FFF9F02AFFA7E220B401FFED0844 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/830C8781F029FFA3E2D4B1ABFB7D0AFA (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/228853159 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/295163/taxon/830C8781F029FFA3E2D4B1ABFB7D0AFA.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Plexauridae
Genus
Chromoplexaura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Alcyonacea
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Williams
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Chromoplexaura Williams, 2013 sec. Williams & Breedy, 2019

References

  • KUKENTHAL, W. 1913. Uber die Alcyonarienfauna Californiens und ihre tiergeographischen Beziehungen. Zoologische Jahrbucher (Systematik) 35 (2): 219 - 270.
  • WILLIAMS, G. C., AND O. BREEDY. 2016. A new species of whip-like gorgonian coral in the genus Swiftia from the Gulf of the Farallones in Central California, with a key to eastern Pacific species in California (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae). P roceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 63 (1): 1 - 13.
  • NUTTING, C. C. 1909. Alcyonaria of the Californian coast. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 35 (1658): 681 - 727.