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Redescription of the Mediterranean endemic sea-pen Crassophyllum thessalonicae (Octocorallia: Pteroeididae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2011

Kostantinos Fryganiotis ,
Chryssanthi Antoniadou ,
Chariton Chintiroglou  and
Dimitris Vafidis
Kostantinos Fryganiotis*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Chryssanthi Antoniadou
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Chariton Chintiroglou
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitris Vafidis
Affiliation:
Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Nea Ionia, Magnesia, Greece
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K. Fryganiotis, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Five colonies of the rare pennatulacean Crassophyllum thessalonicae were recently collected from Thermaikos Gulf (north-east Mediterranean), which allowed a study of their biometry; accordingly, new features are added to the original description of the species. Based on these data the morphological characters that distinguish C. thessalonicae from its congeners are reviewed.

Keywords

Crassophyllumbiometrydistributionnorth Aegean
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e3
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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