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Crassophyllum thessalonicae sp.n. (Octocorallia, Pennatulacea), from the Aegean Sea
Author(s) -
VAFIDIS DIMITRIS,
KOUKOURAS ATHANASIOS
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00285.x
Subject(s) - octocorallia , biology , mediterranean sea , genus , mediterranean climate , zoology , cnidaria , coelenterata , ecology , coral
A new pennatulacean species, Crassophyllum thessalonicae sp.n. is described from the Mediterranean (North Aegean Sea). This is the first record of a Crassophyllum Tixier‐Duri vault, 1961 species from the Mediterranean Sea. The differences between the new species and C. cristatum Tixier‐Durivault, 1961, the other known species of the genus, are discussed, and the genus Crassophyllum is critically compared with the other two related genera Pteroeides Herklots, 1858 and Sarcoptilus Gray, 1848.