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Adelogorgia telones Bayer, 1979

coral blando, gorgonia, Soft coral, gorgonian

colonies small, flabellates, branched in one plane or in intersecting planes depending upon local features of the habitat.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Anthozoa

Order
Malacalcyonacea

Suborder
Holaxonia

Family
Gorgoniidae

Genus
Adelogorgia

Species
telones

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Ecuador in Galapagos Islands, San Cristobal (Kicker Rock)

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Bayer, F.M. (1979) Adelogorgia telones, a New Species of Gorgonacean Coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 91(4): 1026-1036.

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