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Pacifigorgia marviva (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) a new species from Coiba National Park, Pacific Panama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

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, Centro de Investigación en Estructuras Microscópicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H.M. Guzman, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PO Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama email: odalisca@racsa.co.cr
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Abstract

Pacifigorgia marviva, a new shallow-water species of the family Gorgoniidae, was found in Coiba National Park, Pacific Panama at 35–40 m depth. It is characterized by having white to cream, small, erect colonies composed of 1–4 fronds, stems short or absent network irregular and open without fan midribs, and polyp mounds slightly raised and sparsely distributed. All sclerites are colourless. Coenenchymal sclerites mostly composed of long spindles reaching up to 0.25 mm in length, and long and thin anthocodial rods, up to 0.16 mm in length. Morphological characters are analysed and illustrated. Scanning electron microscopy was used for sclerite study. The new species is herein described and compared with other similar species reported from the eastern Pacific. Pacifigoria marviva increases the number of Pacifigorgia species to 35; 20 in Panama representing 57% of the genus in the eastern Pacific, followed by Costa Rica and Ecuador with 14 and 10 species, respectively.

Keywords

OctocoralliaGorgoniidaePacifigorgiaCoiba National Parkeastern PacificPanama
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 92 , Issue 4: Coral Reefs, the Aquarium Trade and the Maritime Industry , June 2012 , pp. 693 - 698
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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