Ushanaia fervens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Ushanaia
Species: Ushanaia fervens

Name

Ushanaia fervens Kessel et al., 2022

Type locality: NEW ZEALAND • Fiordland, Te Puaitaha/Breaksea Sound, Sunday Cove; 45.5952° S, 166.7422° E; depth 4 m; 16 Jan. 2018; R. Kinsey leg.; stn Z17956

Holotype: NIWA 156311

Paratypes: NIWA 3970; NIWA 126412

References

Kessel, G.M., Alderslade, P., Bilewitch, J.P., Schnabel, K.E., Norman, J., Tekaharoa Potts, R., Gardner, J.P.A. 2022. Dead man’s fingers point to new taxa: Two new genera of New Zealand soft corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) and a revision of Alcyonium aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833. European Journal of Taxonomy. 837(1): 1–85. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.837.1923 Reference page. [original description of Ushanaia fervens p. 56–62]

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