Adelogorgia osculabunda

Adelogorgia osculabunda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holaxonia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Holaxonia

Familia: Gorgoniidae
Genus: Adelogorgia
Species: Adelogorgia osculabunda

Name

Adelogorgia osculabunda Breedy & Guzman, 2018

Type locality: Off Punta Mala, Puntarenas.

Holotype: MZUCR 2494 (OCT 0083), ethanol preserved, off Punta Mala, Puntarenas, 09°22.085N − 084°32.206W, 09°22.280N – 084°32.037W, 44.2–44 m, R/V Urracá, Trawl 44, R. Vargas, 17 July 2005.

Paratypes:

Costa Rica:

• MZUCR 750, ethanol preserved, Ballena Bay, Nicoya Gulf, 65 m, R/V Victor Hensen, 3 July 1993.
• MZUCR 2495 (OCT 0087) (15 specimens), MZUCR 2496 (OCT 0088) (13 specimens), MZUCR 2496A, ethanol preserved, Santa Elena Gulf, Guanacaste, 10°58.10N − 085° 46.09W, 10°59.41N – 085°45.68W, 50.7-51.7 m, Y. Camacho, Trawl 4, R/V Urracá, 9 July 2005.
• MZUCR 2497 (OCT 0089), ethanol preserved, off Punta Mala, Puntarenas, 44–44.2 m, R. Vargas, Trawl 44, R/V Urracá, 17 July 2005.
• MZUCR 2498 (OCT 0091), ethanol preserved, Santa Elena Gulf, 10°57.82N − 085°46.76W, 10°57.82N – 085°46.42W, 50.7–51.7 m, 54.2–51.5 m, Y. Camacho, Trawl 3, R/V Urracá, 9 July 2005.
• MZUCR 2499 (OCT 0092) (2 specimens), MZUCR 2500 (OCT 0094) (2 specimens), as the holotype.
• MZUCR 2501 (OCT 0093), dry, Santa Elena Bay, Guanacaste, 50 m, E. Ruiz, June 2012.
• MZUCR 2506-2508, 2511, dry preserved, Santa Elena Gulf, Guanacaste, 10°57.82N − 085°46.76W, 10°57.82N –085°46.42W, 50.7-51.7 m, Y. Camacho, Trawl 4, R/V Urracá, 9 July 2005.
• MZUCR 2502, 2507, dry, Santa Elena Gulf, 10° 57.82N – 085° 46.76W, 10° 57.82N – 085° 46.42W, 50.7–51.7 m, 54.2–51.5 m, Y. Camacho, Trawl 3, R/V Urracá, 9 July 2005.
• MZUCR 2505, dry preserved, Naranjo Bay, Papagallo Gulf, 10° 45.565N–085° 40.757W, 30 m, R. Vargas, R/V Urracá, dredging, 15 July 2005.

Panama:

• STRI 895, 3 specimens, ethanol preserved, Station 0, Pearl Islands, Panamá Gulf, 80 m, H. Guzman, dredging, R/V Urracá, 18 August 2004.

References

Primary references

• Breedy, O. & Guzmán, H.M. 2018. Revision of the genus Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 4369(3): 327–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.3.2 Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [original description: p. 337-341, figs. 8–9, 7A]

Links

• Adelogorgia osculabunda in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Adelogorgia osculabunda – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Adelogorgia osculabunda.
• ION

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