Black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia): first records and a new species from the Brazilian coast

A new species, Cirripathes secchini (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Abrolhos area (Babia, Brazil) is describes and constitutes the first record to this genus from Brazil. Two other species (Antipathes hirta, first record from the Southwestern Atlantic; and Antipathes fernandezi, first record from the Atlantic Ocean) are compared to the most recent redescriptions and new data on the size distribution of the characters is provided. To the present there are only two records of the order Antipatharia from Brazil.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Echeverría,Carlos Alejandro
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2002
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442002000300024
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Summary:A new species, Cirripathes secchini (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Abrolhos area (Babia, Brazil) is describes and constitutes the first record to this genus from Brazil. Two other species (Antipathes hirta, first record from the Southwestern Atlantic; and Antipathes fernandezi, first record from the Atlantic Ocean) are compared to the most recent redescriptions and new data on the size distribution of the characters is provided. To the present there are only two records of the order Antipatharia from Brazil.