Black Corals of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

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• Journal Title:
  Gulf of Mexico Science
• Personal Author:
  Opresko, Dennis M. ; Nuttall, Marissa F. ; Hickerson, Emma L.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) ; NOS (National Ocean Service) ; ONMS (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries)
• Description:
  Black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) are described. A key to the species is provided and supplemented with in situ and laboratory photos. The microscopic skeletal features of the species are illustrated from photographs taken with a scanning electron microscope. Thirteen species of black corals are found in the FGBNMS, belonging to the families Antipathidae (Antipathes furcata Gray 1857; Antipathes atlantica Gray 1857, Stichopathes luetkeni Brook 1889; Stichopathes pourtalesi Brook 1889, and Stichopathes sp.); Aphanipathidae [Aphanipathes pedata (Gray 1857), Elatopathes abietina (Pourtalès 1874), Acanthopathes thyoides (Pourtalès 1880) and Phanopathes expansa (Opresko and Cairns 1992)]; and Myriopathidae [Plumapathes pennacea (Pallas 1766), Tanacetipathes tanacetum (Pourtalès 1880), Tanacetipathes hirta (Gray 1857), and Tanacetipathes cf. thamnea (Warner 1981)].
• Keywords:
  General Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Source:
  Gulf of Mexico Science, 33(1)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.18785/goms.3301.05
• ISSN:
  1087-688X
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  University of Southern Mississippi
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  Library
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