SM734 Hypnogorgia msp.1
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Exsitu Images
Key Details
| SMID | SM734 |
| Catami | Branching 3D |
| Identification Features | Flat, fan-shaped colonies, with dense branching. Peripheral outline is slightly sinuous. Colour shades of white. Resembles Hypnogorgia pendula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 reported from deep-water locations across the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, however, positive species identification requires microscopic examination. |
| Year Identified | no data |
| Verification Status | ID from Image Only |
| Physical Sample | no data |
| WoRMS AphiaID | 267496 |
Taxonomy
| Phylum | Cnidaria |
| Class | Anthozoa |
| Order | Octocorallia incertae sedis |
| Family | Plexauridae |
| Genus | Hypnogorgia |
| Species | - |
Morphology
| Cnidaria |
| Corals |
| Black and Octocorals |
| Branching 3D |
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