Alternate Title
New Species of Black Coral (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Abstract
A new species of black coral, Antlpathes expansa (Cnldarla: Antlpatharla) from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico Is described. The species Is distinguished from other westem Atlantic flabellate species by having large, conical, tuberculate spines. A. expansa resembles the lndo-Paclflc species Antlpathes cancellata (Brook) but differs In having a non-retlculate corallum and slightly larger polyps.
Recommended Citation
Opresko, D. M. and S. D. Cairns.
1992.
New Species of Black Coral (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Northeast Gulf Science
12
(2).
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/goms/vol12/iss2/2
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