A new alcyonacean octocoral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from Chilean fjords

Breedy, Odalisca; Cairns, Stephen D.; Häussermann, Verena

dc.contributor.author	Breedy, Odalisca	en
dc.contributor.author	Cairns, Stephen D.	en
dc.contributor.author	Häussermann, Verena	en
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-09T16:44:58Z
dc.date.available	2015-04-09T16:44:58Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	Breedy, Odalisca, Cairns, Stephen D., and Häussermann, Verena. 2015. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/24999">A new alcyonacean octocoral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from Chilean fjords</a>." <em>Zootaxa</em>. 3919 (2):327–334. <a href="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3919.2.5">https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3919.2.5</a>	en
dc.identifier.issn	1175-5326
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10088/24999
dc.description.abstract	A new species, Swiftia comauensis , is described from Chile. It occurs in shallow waters from 18 to 59 m in the Patagonian fjord region and seems to be endemic to the northern part of the region. The species is characterized by having straggly colonies with sparse branching and long drooping branches, prominent polyp mounds, and long, thin spindles; the colonies are bright orange with pale yellow polyp mounds. A sharp decline in colony abundance was observed between 2003 and 2013, and in January 2014 a proposal was submitted to the IUCN for the addition of this taxon to the Red List of Threatened Species.	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Zootaxa	en
dc.title	A new alcyonacean octocoral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from Chilean fjords	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.srbnumber	134090
dc.identifier.doi	10.11646/zootaxa.3919.2.5
rft.jtitle	Zootaxa
rft.volume	3919
rft.issue	2
rft.spage	327
rft.epage	334
dc.description.SIUnit	NH-Invertebrate Zoology	en
dc.description.SIUnit	NMNH	en
dc.description.SIUnit	Peer-reviewed	en
dc.citation.spage	327
dc.citation.epage	334