【标本馆藏号】

MBM286307

【分类学地位】

刺胞动物门Cnidaria Verrill,1865

八放珊瑚纲Octocorallia Haeckel,1866

硬软珊瑚目Scleralcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini,2022

金柳珊瑚科Chrysogorgiidae Verrill,1883

金柳珊瑚属Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti,1864

【鉴定人】

徐雨 李阳 詹子锋 徐奎栋

【标本简介】

叉状金柳珊瑚活体呈粉红色,具有坚硬的实心钙质轴,中轴内没有骨片。样本采集于Kocebu Guyot海山,水深1831m。标本长73cm,主干形成两个大瓶刷状分枝,轴呈棕色金属色泽。珊瑚虫细小,长约2–4 mm。拉丁词ramificans指代茎干分叉状的结构。

【参考文献】

Xu, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2023). Studies on western Pacific gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae). Part 1: a review of the genus Chrysogorgia, with description of a new genus and three new species. Zootaxa. 5321(1): 1-107. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5321.1.1

Xu, Y.; Li, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2019). Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of two new deep-sea species of Chrysogorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) from Kocebu Guyot (Magellan seamounts) in the Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys. 881: 91-107. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.881.34759

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2023). World List of Octocorallia. Chrysogorgia ramificans Xu, Li, Zhan & Xu, 2019. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1383061