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Leptogorgia christiae (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) a new shallow water gorgonian from Pacific Panama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2008

Hector M. Guzman  and
Odalisca Breedy
Hector M. Guzman*
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PO Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
Odalisca Breedy
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PO Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Hector M. GuzmanSmithsonian Tropical Research InstitutePO Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama email: guzmanh@si.edu
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Abstract

Leptogorgia christiae is a rarely collected new species found at 15–30 m depth at Roca Hacha, a rocky outcrop near Coiba Island characterized by its high diversity of octocorals. The branching pattern and combination of asymmetric blunt spindles, abundance of capstans, and a low occurrence of acute spindles are distinct characteristics of the new taxon. The new species is described, illustrated and compared to the other species of the genus reported from Pacific Panama; thus increasing the total of Leptogorgia species to 17, which encompasses over 70% of the shallow water species for the eastern Pacific.

Keywords

Leptogorgia christiaenew speciesCoiba Islandeastern Pacificoctocorals
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 4 , August 2008 , pp. 719 - 722
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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