Matsumoto Asako K, van Ofwegen Leen P
Planetary Exploration Research Center (PERC), Chiba Institute of Technology (Chitech), Tsudanuma 2-17-1, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016, Japan.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Zookeys. 2016 May 16(589):1-21. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.589.8361. eCollection 2016.
Octocorals with thread-like colony shape have been re-examined, mainly from Japanese waters. The holotypes of Elasmogorgia filiformis and Filigella boninensis and a syntype of Filigella mitsukurii have been studied. Euplexaura arbuscula is identified and Euplexaura yayoii sp. n. described.
主要来自日本海域的具有丝状群体形态的八放珊瑚已被重新研究。丝状艾氏柳珊瑚、小笠原细枝软珊瑚的正模标本以及三宅细枝软珊瑚的一个同模标本已被研究。鉴定了丛状真柳珊瑚,并描述了新种矢吉真柳珊瑚。